Breinig v. Breinig
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was a libel for a divorce, a mensa et thora, and alimony, filed by Catharine Breinig, by her next friend, against George Breinig, her husband. The parties were married the 13th June, 1846. Both parties had been previously married, and each of them had children.
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Appeal from the decree of the Common Pleas of Northampton county. This was a libel for a divorce, a mensa et thora, and alimony, filed by Catharine Breinig, by her next friend, against George Breinig, her husband. The parties were married the 13th June, 1846. Both parties had been previously married, and each of them had children. The petition of the libellant set forth, as the cause for the application, “ that he had not only refused to cohabit with her, but had offered such indignities to her person as to render her condition intolerable, and life burdensome, and by cruel and barbarous…
1Opinion of the Court
*164The opinion of the court was delivered by
Black, J.
This was a libel for divorce, brought by a wife against her husband, and grounded on the allegation of cruel and barbarous treatment. It was tried by a jury, and resulted in a decree in favour of the libellant. The respondent has taken this ■yyrit, of error.
We shall not discuss the points seriatim, as they were argued by the counsel. It will be more convenient to consider them in a different order, and reduce their number by rolling several into one.
1. The court permitted evidence to be given of particular acts done and words spoken by the…
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