Hermes v. Deacon

LEMMON, Judge.

Henry J. Hermes sued his wife for divorce based on her alleged acts of adultery with William P. Cahill. The wife has now appealed from a judgment granting the divorce after a trial on the merits.

The couple separated in the summer of 1969. Two or three months later Mrs. Hermes met Cahill, who was also voluntarily separated from his wife. They went out socially and came to know each other well. At the time of the alleged adultery in July and August, 1971 they were seeing each other daily.

In July, 1971 Hermes employed private investigators to observe his wife’s activities. While…