Crook v. Crook

On February 23, 1940, Charles Crook, plaintiff, filed a complaint for divorce in which he charged his wife, Irene L. Crook, defendant, with cruelty and habitual drunkenness. Defendant filed an answer denying the charges and also filed, on March 18, 1940, a counterclaim asking for separate maintenance. Several months after defendant filed her counterclaim plaintiff filed an amendment to his complaint in which he charged defendant with committing adultery with one John Doe. The cause came on for trial in 1943, before Judge Schwartz and a jury, and a verdict was returned'finding defendant guilty…