Hinkle v. Hinkle

Head, Justice.

In his petition, after charging that his wife denied him “connubial rights,” the husband charged that she was constantly “fussing and arguing with him about small and trivial matters . . with the calculated intent of causing him great mental pain and anguish.” In ground 6 of the amended motion to set aside the verdict and judgment, it is insisted that the court erred in admitting in evidence testimony to the effect that the wife denied her husband “conjugal rights,” over the objection that such denial was not cruel treatment as defined by our law.

It has been held by this court…