Saugey v. Saugey

The appellee brought this suit for divorce, asserting personal indignities and the failure of her husband to support her. By cross-complaint the appellant sought a divorce on the ground of indignities. Sangey appeals from a decree granting a divorce to his wife and contends that the court should instead have awarded a divorce to him.

The couple were married in 1925 and lived together until Mrs. Saugey left the family home on March 3, 1956. Saugey formerly operated a sawmill; later he inherited land from his parents and, with additional purchases, owned 538 acres in Saline county at the time of…