Bennett

Bennett v. Bennett

Good Law
1920 Cal. App. LEXIS 481·48 Cal. App. 670·292 P. 180
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 27, 1920Civ. No. 3469.California1,197 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Langdon, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment denying him a divorce from the defendant and granting to said defendant a decree of separate maintenance from the plaintiff and an allowance for her support and the support of her minor child.

Plaintiff filed an action for divorce from the defendant upon the ground of extreme cruelty and also upon the ground of desertion. The specific acts of cruelty alleged included accusations, in public and private, of improper relations with various women and reproaches and threats based thereon. Defendant filed an answer, specifically denying the alleged acts of cruelty and also the desertion, and also filed a cross-complaint wherein she alleged desertion by the plaintiff and also alleged, upon information and belief, that the plaintiff had committed adultery with a young woman named as corespondent in this action, and also alleged that the plaintiff had treated the defendant in a? cruel and inhuman manner—the specific acts of cruelty alleged being plaintiff’s attendance at the theater and other places of amusement with women whose names were unknown to the defendant, and also plaintiff’s conduct in riding in an automobile ivith the woman…

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