Page v. Page

Citations

• 43 Wash. 293
• 86 P. 582
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 694

Syllabus

<p>Divoece — Pleading—Sevebal Causes — Sepabate Statement. An action for a divorce in which the complaint alleges three of the statutory grounds, viz., personal indignities rendering life burdensome, failure to support, and habitual drunkenness, in one count or paragraph, should not be treated as an action on the ground of drunkenness only, and dismissed for failure of proof thereof; but the complaint, if not corrected by motion, is sufficient to sustain a judgment if there was sufficient evidence upon any of the grounds stated.</p> <p>Divoece — Evidence—Sufficiency—Pebsonal Indignities. Evidence of the wife that the husband continually called her vile names and charged her with infidelity, corroborated by unimpeached testimony of a disinterested witness, will warrant a divorce on the ground that the husband was guilty of personal indignities toward the wife rendering life burdensome.</p> <p>Same — Nonsuppoet. Evidence of the wife that her husband spent most of his earnings for drink and did not make suitable provision for the support of the wife, corroborated by disinterested witnesses, justifies a decree of divorce on the ground of failure to support.</p> <p>Same — Gsounds—Habitual Dbunkenness. Habitual drunkenness is ground for a divorce where one has a fixed habit of frequently getting drunk, although he may not, during working hours, be incapacitated from ordinary unskilled labor.</p>