Stanley v. Stanley
Stanley v. Stanley
Opinion of the Court
Pauline Stanley sued II. E. Stanley for divorce and for alimony, and sought to have awarded to her the custody of their two minor children. Subsequently there was a reconciliation, and the parties lived together for several months. The original petition was filed September 20, 1932. Two amendments were filed in January, 1934. To the petition as amended the defendant filed a general demurrer, which was overruled, and he excepted. This court held that the petition set out a cause of action as against a general demurrer. Stanley v. Stanley, 178 Ga. 814 (174 S. E. 531). On the trial the jury returned a first verdict granting a divorce. A new trial was denied, and the defendant excepted.
I. It was not erroneous for the court to fail to charge the jury that “the law favors marriage,” as complained of in the motion for new trial.
2. The amended motion for new trial assigns error because the court failed to charge specifically in regard to cruel treatment, and in particular that cruel treatment is a discretionary ground for
3. It is complained that the court failed to instruct the jury that one act of cruel treatment was not ground for divorce; and that the court erred in failing to charge the jury that before they could consider the allegations and testimony as to cruel treatment, it must appear that said cruel treatment was willfully inflicted. It would have been inappropriate in this case for the court to charge that one act of cruel treatment was not ground for divorce, there being more than one act complained of. The court did charge that cruel treatment is the willful infliction of pain, either bodily or mental, such as will reasonably justify ah apprehension to life, limb, or health. If the defendant desired a fuller charge on this subject, he should have máde a proper request therefor. This ground is without merit. •
4. Other grounds assign error because the court did not charge fully on the question of condonation and resumption of cohabitation.
5. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the court did not err in refusing a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
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