Mason v. Mason

This case comes before the court upon the respondent’s exceptions to the decision of a justice of the Superior Court granting the petitioner an absolute divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, giving her the custody of their five minor children and awarding alimony. The exceptions are that the decision is contrary to the law and the evidence and the weight thereof.

The testimony shows that after filing her petition for divorce March 6, 1923, the parties met by accident May 30, 1923, and became reconciled and resumed marital cohabitation. The reconciliation lasted only a few hours. The…