99 Iowa 393 | Iowa | 1896
Conduct, to constitute a cause for divorce, must not only be inhuman, but such as to endanger life. Freerking v. Freerking, 19 Iowa, 34. The cruel treatment must not be such as is caused by the party’s own misconduct. Knight v. Knight, 31 Iowa, 451. To know which of these parties is in fault for breaking up the harmonious relations that existed between them from their marriage, in November, 1876, we must inquire for the cause. The plaintiff, in her evidence, gives as the cause, that on the twelfth day of July, 1893, she saw the defendant in the act of carnal intercourse with a cow, and that she thereafter refused to cohabib with him. This the defendant denies, and he contends that the cause of their estrangement
Defendant complains of the decree as to alimony allowed to the plaintiff. In view of the limited amount of property owned by the parties, it is surely liberal; but not more so than it should be in view of the facts, and that plaintiff is to have the care of the children. Our conclusion is that the decree of the district court should be affirmed.