Schmiege v. Schmiege

Defendant husband appeals from a decree of divorce granted to plaintiff wife on the ground of extreme cruelty. Plaintiff testified, and was to some extent corroborated therein by the testimony of others, that defendant frequently indulged temper tantrums directed toward her and their children without due provocation, used profane and abusive language toward them, often threatened them and on occasion subjected them to physical violence,, creating a condition of fear in the home, and in other-respects exhibited disregard for the rights and happiness of plaintiff and the children. Defendant…