Case Name: Hattie M. Meader vs. Joseph E. Meader
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1925-04-17
Citations: 252 Mass. 132
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hattie M. Meader vs. Joseph E. Meader.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 252
Pages: 132–132

Head Matter:
Hattie M. Meader vs. Joseph E. Meader.
Suffolk.
December 10, 1924.
April 17, 1925.
Present: Rugg, C.J., Braley, Pierce, Carroll, & Wait, JJ.
C. R. Morse, for the libellee.
L. M. Paul, for the libellant.

Opinion:
Wait, J.
The decree of the Probate Court must be affirmed. There was evidence of the application of physical force to the body of the libellant by the libellee with the purpose of inflicting suffering and not for the sake of self-protection of the libellee. Such conduct is cruel and abusive within the literal and most narrow interpretation of the words. Although the testimony was directly contradictory, and corroboration was lacking, we cannot say that the judge who heard and saw the witnesses was clearly wrong in the decision he made.
No error of law appears.
Decree affirmed.