Holt v. Holt

Feb 27, 1875
Reporters:
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Before:
Colt
Colt, J.

This case comes within the rule laid down ‍‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍in Peabody v. Peabody, 104 Mass. 195. The charge of the wife is that *204the libellee, being of sufficient ability, grossly, wantonly ‍‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍and cruelly refuses and neglects to provide suitable maintenance for her. We cannot say, upon the facts ‍‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍reported, that the judge who heard the case improperly refused to grant a divorce. He may ‍‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍have well found that the necessary element of cruelty, “ causing injury to health, or danger of ‍‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍such injury, or reasonable apprehension thereof,” was wanting. Libel dismissed.