MacFadden v. MacFadden

THOMAS, J.:

Bernarr Macfadden sought a divorce from his estranged wife on the grounds that she had treated him with extreme cruelty. After an unsuccessful attack on the bill of complaint the defendant answered, denying the charges against her, but praying nothing save dismissal of the suit. A master was appointed who, about five months and one hundred ninety pages of testimony later, recommended to the court that the plaintiff be awarded a decree of divorce upon, however, his filing an amendment to the bill to meet a certain aspect of the proof. This amendment was not filed, the chancellor…