Lacock v. Lacock
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, April T., 1920, by respondent, from decree of C. P. Washington County, May T., 1918, No. 133, granting a divorce in the case of Abner C. Lacock v. Theressa P. Lacock. Libel in divorce. Before Brownson, J. The case was referred to Harry A. Jones, Esq., as master. The court granted a divorce. Respondent appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The cause of divorce set forth in the libel was wilful and malicious desertion. The answer denied the charge and alleged that the respondent left the home of her husband because of his cruel and barbarous treatment towards her and indignities to her person to which he had subjected her. The parties were married in 1903. After having spent about three years in San Francisco, they moved to the farm occupied by the complainant’s father and mother. The complainant had charge of the farm, and his wife performed the principal part of the housework. In the summer of 1907 the…
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