Krug v. Krug
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 54, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1901, No. 65, sustaining decree awarding divorce in case of Della E. Krug v. Willis C. Krug. Libel for divorce. Before Edwards, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. jError assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The libel of the appellee alleged that her husband had offered *573such indignities to her person as to render her condition intolerable, and life burdensome, and thereby forced her to withdraw from his house and family. The plaintiff was not required, in order to sustain this charge, to establish that the indignities were of such a character as to endanger her life. The act clearly distinguishes between cruel and barbarous treatment upon the one hand, and indignities to the person upon the other, as causes for divorce, and requires that the first shall endanger life. A…
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