Legal Opinion

Cline v. Cline

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1882PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Multnomah County.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Waldo, J.:

A dissolution of the marriage contract may be declared at the suit or the claim of the injured party for (sub. 6, sec. 491, civil code,) “cruel and inhuman treatment or personal indignities rendering life burdensome.” This suit is brought under this provision of the statute. Besides the testimony of F. Behl, which is without relevancy to the issues, there were but two witnesses on the part of the respondent — the respondent, herself, and her daughter of twelve years of age. *475The testimony of the daughter is the evidence on which a cause of suit is sought to be made out.…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bailey v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
  2. Smith v. SmithOregon Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Hooper v. HooperSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
  4. Finley v. FinleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839
  5. Miller v. . MillerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1878

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Overton Bridge Co. v. MeansNebraska Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Patterson v. PattersonWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Cain v. CainOregon Supreme Court · 1924
  4. New York, Lake Erie & Western R. R. v. SiegfriedMahoning Circuit Court · 1892

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