Fawcett v. Fawcett

Opinion by

Reno, J.,; The court below granted the husband a divorce upon the ground-of indignities. The evidence disclosed that the parties were living together in a rented house at the time of the trial. The wife testified, and the libellant called in rebuttal did not deny, that the evening before the trial she prepared dinner for him. The law does not require that a spouse leave the common abode to qualify for a divorce for indignities, but failure to leave always raises a serious question as to the severity of the treatment to which a libellant has been subjected, and the degree by which…