Santos v. Santos

This is a petition by a husband for an absolute divorce alleging that the respondent wife was guilty of extreme cruelty, of gross misbehavior and wickedness repugnant to and in violation of the marriage covenant, and also that the marriage was originally void or voidable. The case was heard by a justice of the superior court where notwithstanding personal service on respondent the case was unanswered and uncontested by her. At the conclusion of all the evidence for petitioner the trial justice rendered a decision denying and dismissing the petition on all grounds, and the case is before us on…