Griffith v. Griffith

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree of divorce, granted to plaintiff on the grounds of extreme cruelty, wherein the community property was awarded to plaintiff.

Facts: Plaintiff and defendant were married on January 15, 1921, and lived together until September 11, 1940. On September 20, 1940, plaintiff filed a complaint against defendant for divorce, to which defendant filed an answer and cross-complaint for separate maintenance. After a contested trial plaintiff was denied a divorce and defendant was granted a decree of separate maintenance on May 2, 1941. This judgment became…