Surratt v. Surratt

Leonard Oliver Surratt brought suit against his wife, Rose Lee Surratt, in the city court of Granite City, seeking a divorce on the ground of cruelty. The issues were submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict in the plaintiff’s favor. From a decree granting the divorce, defendant appeals directly to this court on the ground that a freehold is involved. She contends that cruelty was not adequately shown, and that the division of property made by the court was not sufficiently in her favor.

It is unnecessary to relate in detail the evidence bearing on the issue of cruelty. That produced on…