Stampfli

The plaintiff was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty and the defendant appeals. The complaint alleges many specific acts of cruelty. The answer denies some of the alleged acts and pleads justification of those not denied. With his answer the defendant filed a cross-complaint charging the plaintiff with extreme cruelty and specifying several instances of improper conduct on her part with one Walter Stampfli, a cousin of the defendant, in support of said charges. 'The plaintiff answered the cross-complaint, denying the alleged improper conduct. Evidence was introduced by both parties in support of their respective allegations and denials. The testimony was of such character as to create a substantial conflict.

The findings of the court upon the charges and counter-charges of cruelty are as follows: "That all the material allegations of plaintiff’s complaint are true. That it is true that since the said marriage and for more than one year prior to the commencement of this action, the defendant has treated the plaintiff in a cruel and inhuman manner and that said defendant is subject to violent fits of jealousy and anger, and while so angered,…