Embree v. Embree

This was a bill for a divorce, filed by appellant in the Sangamon circuit court, against appellee. The original bill alleged desertion for one year, ten months and some days, extreme and repeated cruelty, and adultery; all of which was denied in the answer of appellee. Appellant subsequently filed her supplemental bill, charging desertion for more than two years before that time. A trial was had by the court, without the intervention of a jury, when the bill was dismissed.

A careful examination of the evidence shows but one act of violence, that could be regarded as cruelty, is claimed to have…