Case ID: mich_327/html/0321-01.html
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Author: {"author": "Bushnell, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

JUDA v. JUDA.
    1. Divorce — Same Misconduct op Complaining Party.
    No divorce may be granted where the complaining party is guilty of the same misconduct that he charges (CL 1948, § 552.10).
    2. Same — Extreme Cruelty — Misconduct op Plaintiff.
    Decree of divorce was properly refused plaintiff husband on ground of extreme cruelty because of nagging, quarrelsomeness, profanity ■ and temper tantrums of defendant wife, where it appears plaintiff participated in their fights, precipitated trouble by drinking with friends in their 2-room house and having them remain overnight, stayed away from home himself at other times and was not above suspicion himself when wife was at the hospital, the trial judge’s decision being supported by the record.
    References for Points in Headnotes
    [1, 2] 17 Am Jur, Divorce and Separation, § 233 et seq.
    
    [1.2] Doctrine of comparative rectitude in divorce cases. 63 ALR 1132; 159 ALR 734.
    [1, 2] Recrimination as an absolute or qualified defense. 170 ALR 1076.
    [1.2] Conduct of plaintiff in divorce suit, not of itself a cause for divorce, as basis of defense of recrimination. 159 ALR 1453.
    
      3. Same — Brief—Costs.
    No costs are awarded appellee wife who filed no brief on husband's appeal in suit for divorce.
    Appeal from Wayne; Marsclmer (Adolph F.), J.
    Submitted March 17, 1950.
    (Docket No. 78, Calendar No. 43,778.)
    Decided April 3, 1950.
    Bill by Walter Juda against Margaret Juda for divorce on ground of extreme and repeated cruelty. Decree for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
    Affirmed.
    
      Nicholas Salowich, for plaintiff.
   Bushnell, J.

Plaintiff Walter Juda and defendant Margaret Juda were married in 1933. They had 2 children before they separated in 1944. The husband sued for divorce in 1945, alleging extreme cruelty. Mrs. Juda denied the allegations and did not file a cross bill. The trial judge dismissed the bill of complaint, asserting that both parties were equally responsible for the difficulties of their home life. Plaintiff appeals.

No divorce may be granted where the complaining party is guilty of the same misconduct that he charges. CL 1948, § 552.10 (Stat Ann § 25.90); Cook v. Cook, 245 Mich 339; McGuire v. McGuire, 317 Mich 35; and Kauk v. Kauk, 322 Mich 291.

The record shows that the defendant is a nagging, quarrelsome woman, inclined to profanity and temper tantrums. But it likewise discloses that plaintiff participated in their fights, precipitated trouble by drinking with friends in their 2-room house, and having them remain overnight, stayed away from home himself at other times, and was not above suspicion when his wife was at the hospital.

The trial judge saw and heard the witnesses and his decision is supported by the record. Chubb v. Chubb, 297 Mich 501, and Ethridge v. Ethridge, 322 Mich 578.

Affirmed. Defendant not having filed a brief, no costs will be allowed.

Boyles, C. J., and Reid, North, Dethmers, Butzel, Carr, and Sharpe, JJ., concurred.