Woodruff v. Woodruff
Decision Date | 19 January 1906 |
Parties | WOODRUFF v. WOODRUFF. |
Court | Kentucky Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Chancery Branch, Second Division.
"To be officially reported."
Action by Emma Woodruff against Williard F. Woodruff. From a judgment dismissing the petition, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
Bennett H. Young and M. W. Ripy, for appellant.
F Hagan, for appellee.
Emma Woodruff is the wife of Williard F. Woodruff. When they were living apart and a divorce suit was pending between them which had been instituted by her, a reconciliation was made. The divorce action was dismissed, and the following written contract was entered into:
They thereupon resumed marital relations, but in October, 1901 Mrs. Woodruff filed this action, setting up the contract, and alleging that she had tried to live with her husband, and been to him whet a good and kindly wife should be, but that his treatment of her had been cruel and inhuman, and that she had been compelled to leave him by reason...
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