Hall v. Hall

Citations

• 9 Or. 452

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Cruel and Inhuman Treatment.</p> <p>A husband, who, in disregard of his wife’s remonstrances, continues to keep at the family domicil other persons for whose support he is not legally or morally bound to make provision, who habitually treat her with disrespect, apply coarse and degrading epithets to her, and so conduct themselves toward her as to justify a reasonable apprehension on her part of danger to her person from their violence, while endeavoring to perform her duties, and exercising only her proper and legitimate authoritj’ in the affairs of her household, adopts such misconduct as his own, and must be held responsible for it to the same extent as if it were his own, in a suit for divorce, brought against him by his wife, on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment and personal indignities, rendering her life burdensome.</p> <p>Bamford v. Bamford followed in respect to decree affecting real property.</p>