Lacock v. Lacock

Citations

• 74 Pa. Super. 378
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 157

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Desertion—Justification—Cruel treatment — Condoning treatment.</p> <p>Where a husband has subjected his wife to a long and continued course of ill treatment, amounting to indignities to the person which rendered her condition intolerable, and forced her to leave his home, he will not be granted a divorce on the ground of desertion. When the libellant’s own conduct was the main reason for the respondent’s leaving him, a case of wilful and malicious desertion cannot be said to be proved. Now will the fact of the respondent after first leaving the libellant subsequently returned to him on the promise of good behaviour, be considered a condonation of the previous offenses.</p>