Wolf v. Wolf

This is a wife’s petition for divorce. The parties were married in 1949. There were six children born of the marriage. The wife filed this petition for divorce in 1970 on the ground of extreme cruelty. The trial justice granted the husband’s motion to dismiss on the ground that the wife had failed to prove her case. This case is before us on her appeal.

The wife argues that the trial justice misconceived the evidence and misapplied the law in the case. In reviewing the decision of the justice below, where he is passing on a motion to dismiss, we merely determine whether his findings are…