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Hyatt v. Hyatt

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jan 20, 1938
196 A. 317 (Md. 1938)

Opinion

[No. 78, October Term, 1937.]

Decided January 20th, 1938.

Divorce — Abandonment.

Nagging, abuse, cursing, and swearing do not amount to cruelty of treatment or excessively vicious conduct, such as to justify one spouse in deserting the other.

A wife held entitled to a decree of divorce a mensa by reason of the husband's abandonment of her, without any hope of reconciliation, such abandonment not being justified by the fact that she spent all his money, and was guilty of nagging, abuse, cursing, and swearing.

Decided January 20th, 1938.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (DENNIS, C.J.).

Bill by Hazel S. Hyatt against Edwin O. Hyatt. From a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.

The cause was argued before BOND, C.J., URNER, OFFUTT, PARKE, SLOAN, MITCHELL, and JOHNSON, JJ.

J. Francis Ford, with whom was Herbert R. O'Conor on the brief, for the appellant.

Robert R. Carman, with whom was William C. Baxter on the brief, for the appellee.


Unreported cases.


Summaries of

Hyatt v. Hyatt

Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jan 20, 1938
196 A. 317 (Md. 1938)
Case details for

Hyatt v. Hyatt

Case Details

Full title:HAZEL S. HYATT v . EDWIN O. HYATT

Court:Court of Appeals of Maryland

Date published: Jan 20, 1938

Citations

196 A. 317 (Md. 1938)
196 A. 317

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