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Waskam v. WaskamWaskam v. Waskam

Mississippi Supreme Court
Apr 15, 1856
Reporters:
Per curiam.

— This was a bill by the appellant in the Yice Chancery ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍Court holden at Yazoo city, against the appellee, for a divorce a mensa et thoro.

The allegations of the bill do not show that the appellee ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍had been guilty of such extreme cruelty as is necessary to bring the case within the operation of the statute. It shows the appellee to ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍be a man of intemperate habits, and of such manners and conduct as would necessarily be produced by such habits. But mere intemperance in ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍a man’s habits, harshness of manner, and, in the language of the hill, indecency of conduct, are not sufficient. The cruelty must be something ‍‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‍more than mere injuries to a person’s sensibility or sense of delicacy.

Decree affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Waskam v. Waskam
Court Name: Mississippi Supreme Court
Date Published: Apr 15, 1856
Citation: 31 Miss. 154
Court Abbreviation: Miss.
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