Roach v. Roach
Supreme Court of Iowa
1Opinion of the CourtKindig, J.
Doris Aileen Roach, plaintiff and appellee, asks a divorce from her husband, Paul R. Roach, defendant and appellant, on the ground of inhuman treatment. By way of cross petition, appellant demands a divorce from the appellee, his wife, on the same ground. Section 10475 of the 1927 Code, so far.as material, provides:
“Divorces from the bonds of matrimony may be decreed against the husband for the following causes: * * *
“5. When he is guilty of such inhuman treatment as to endanger the life of his wife. ’ ’
Likewise, Section 10476 of that Code contains this provision: .
‘ ‘ The husband may obtain…
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