LaVigne v. LaVigne

The husband appeals from decrees (a) granting to the wife a divorce nisi upon the ground of cruel and abusive treatment and (b) dismissing the husband’s petition for separate support. The evidence, which is reported, was almost entirely oral. We see no reason to disturb the probate judge’s abundantly warranted findings in his report of material facts, from which the facts stated below are summarized.

The husband and wife for some years lived in a second floor apartment in a house in Somerville. The husband’s sister occupied rooms on the third floor in the same house and shared with them a…