McMahen v. McMahen

Citations

• 186 Pa. 485
• 40 A. 795
• 1898 Pa. LEXIS 1032

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Gruel and barbarous treatment.</p> <p>Cruelty as a ground for divorce is such conduct in one of the married parties as renders cohabitation dangerous to the physical safety of the other, or creates in the other such reasonable apprehension of bodily harm as materially to interfere with tho discharge oí marital duty.</p> <p>Divorce— Venereal disease.</p> <p>A wife is entitled to a divorce where her husband has venereal disease, rendering cohabitation dangerous to her health and life.</p>