Scott v. Scott

Citations

• 61 Tex. 119
• 1884 Tex. LEXIS 57

Syllabus

<p>1. Divorce.— The general rule that the excesses arid cruelty used by one married person to another must be such as produce bodily harm, or the fear of it, in order to authorize a divorce, has been so far modified in Texas as to allow the wife a divorce for words spoken by the husband impeaching her chastity. In no other case have mere words spoken by either party been held sufficient to authorize a divorce.</p> <p>S. Divorce.— A man assumes the risk, when he marries, that his wife may not love him; and the fact that she sometimes gives vent to her anger so as to convey to by-standers the imxiression that- she is wanting in respect for him, and for a short time refuses to sleep in the same room with him, will not. alone authorize the granting of a divorce.</p>