150 Iowa 182 | Iowa | 1911
Plaintiff and defendant were married on September 10, 1907. Plaintiff was ¿bout seventy years of ■age and defendant about fifty-four, and each had previously been married. The plaintiff was a resident of Corning and had a home there. The defendant was a resident of Crestón and she had a home there. After the marriage the parties occupied the home of the defendant at. Crestón., The marriage seems to have been lacking in affinity, and the brief period of cohabitation was one of daily hostilities. These became particularly active and open about October 13, 1907, when the defendant left the plaintiff and her home for a period of a week or more. She returned later for a day or two, 'but brought no dove of peace. She left again, and afterwards on November 16th caused a written notice to be served on the plaintiff to vacate her premises. The plaintiff thereupon went back to -his home at Corning. On December 3, 1907, the defendant'brought an action of divorce against the plaintiff on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff filed a cross-bill in that action asking a divorce from her on the same ground. After a trial had, the court dismissed both the petition and the cross-bill in that action.
On the whole record we are satisfied that a proper decree was entered, and it is,' accordingly, affirmed.