Miller v. Miller

The parties hereto were married on June 18, 1921, and lived and cohabited together until May 1, 1940. One child, a daughter, was born to the parties, and plaintiff had three children by his former marriage. When plaintiff filed his bill of complaint for divorce, the daughter of the parties was 19 years old.

Plaintiff’s bill, which charges extreme and repeated acts of cruelty, was contested by his wife. The trial judge granted a decree of divorce to the husband and the wife appealed.

Much of the testimony pertains to claimed acts of cruelty which occurred shortly after the marriage in 1921, some…