Pedrick v. Pedrick
New Jersey Court of Chancery
1Opinion of the Court
Ingersoll, Y. C.
The petition is based upon desertion. The defense is that the defendant was compelled to leave his home because “petitioner is possessed of an ungovernable temper and an insane jealousy which causes her to accuse defendant with having committed adultery with every woman with whom he and his wife were mutually acquainted, and to accuse him of illicit relations with almost all other women with whom he may have come in contact in his business, and as a result of such accusations has made life utterly miserable for defendant and also as a result of such -unjustifiable jealousy…