Chung
Chung v. Chung
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Duniway, J.
Defendant husband appeals from an interlocutory judgment for plaintiff in an action for divorce, granted on the ground of extreme cruelty (Civ. Code, §§ 92, 94). The court found that the defendant treated the plaintiff with extreme cruelty.
The sole contention is that the evidence does not support this finding. There is considerable conflict in the evidence; we state only so much of it as supports the judgment. Appellant argued with respondent all the time to the extent that she couldn’t stand it any longer. Appellant’s voice was like a machine. The arguments took place at 1, 2 and 3 o’clock in the morning and awakened everyone in the house. During one argument appellant hit respondent. Appellant frequently called respondent a son-of-a-bitch and another four letter word which she preferred not to mention on the stand. Appellant lied to respondent, and took off on weekends Avhile respondent was waiting for him at home. If someone should call for appellant, respondent wouldn’t be able to inform the caller of appellant’s whereabouts because appellant would “take off for even weeks, two weeks at a time,” without respondent knowing where he was. When asked where he had gone, appellant…