McDermott v. McDermott

Decided October 21, 1920

Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1920-10-21

decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Griffin, who filed the following opinion: “The bill in this cause is filed for maintenance based on extreme cruelty. The parties were married in January, 1915. A week before the first child was born, which, .as I recall it, was the latter part of 1915, he threw a shoe at her, strildng her in the stomach, apparently -without reasonable provocation.

Decided 1920-10-21

Per Curiam.

¶1The decree appealed. from will be affirmed; for the reasons stated in the. opinion filed in the court below by Vice-Chancellor Griffin.

For affirmance—The Chief-Justice, Swayze, Trenci-iard, Bergen, Minturn, Kaliscit, Black, Katzenbaoi-i, White, Hehpenheimer, Williams, Taylor, Gardner, Ackerson—14.For reversal—None.