Case Name: JOHNSON v. JOHNSON
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1859
Citations: 14 Cal. 459
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHNSON v. JOHNSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 459–460

Head Matter:
JOHNSON v. JOHNSON.
Divorce for extreme cruelty not generally granted, when such cruelty is caused by the misconduct of the wife, who applies.
Appeal from the Twelfth District.
Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
Waller & Moore, for Appellant,
cited: Morris v. Morris, ante; Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, Secs. 495, 454, Note 5; 456— 458 ; 462—465, Note 1. ■
E. Mackinlay, for Respondent.

Opinion:
Cope, J.
delivered the opinion of the Court—Baldwin, J. concurring.
This is a suit for a divorce. The defendant is charged in the complaint with adultery and with extreme cruelty. The evidence relates exclusively to the latter charge. We do not see how the decree of the Court below could have been different. The conduct of the plaintiff was well calculated to provoke the ill treatment of which she complains; and such treatment cannot, therefore, be urged by her as a ground for divorce. (See Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, Sec. 491.)
Judgment affirmed.