Case Name: Wood v. Wood
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1934-10-11
Citations: 179 Ga. 635
Docket Number: No. 10342
Parties: Wood v. Wood.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 179
Pages: 635–635

Head Matter:
Wood v. Wood.
No. 10342.
October 11, 1934.
E. S. George, for plaintiff in error. C. 8. Baldwin Jr., contra.

Opinion:
Bell, J.
1. Cruel treatment as a ground for divorce (Civil Code (1910), § 2946) is the wilful infliction of pain, bodily or mental, upon the complaining- party, such as reasonably justifies an apprehension of danger to life, limb, or health. Ring v. Ring, 118 Ga. 183 (44 S. E. 861, 62 L. R. A. 878); Brown v. Brown, 129 Ga. 246 (58 S. E. 825); Stoner v. Stoner, 134 Ga. 368 (67 S. E. 1030).
2. After a condonation of cruel treatment, the conduct of the offending-spouse may be such as to revive the condoned acts as ground for a divorce. Davis v. Davis, 134 Ga. 804 (68 S. E. 594, 30 L. R. A. (N. S.) 73, 20 Ann. Cas. 20).
3. In this case there was some evidence to support the verdict for a divorce in favor of the wife on the ground of cruel treatment, and it was not error to overrule the husband's motion for a new trial, based upon the general grounds only. Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.