Remus v. Remus

Plaintiff claims error in the trial court’s admission of testimony concerning plaintiff’s cruelty and other matters on the ground that defendant’s answer amounted to a mere denial of the allegations in plaintiff’s bill for divorce, alleging no affirmative defense, and that defendant filed no cross bill. “It must be assumed, without convincing evidence to the contrary, that the court disregarded all evidence improperly admitted. The reception of any such testimony, under the circumstances, is not error which so affects the merits of the case as to be grounds for reversal.” Westgate v.…