HAYES v. HAYES

Docket No. 19056.

181 Cal.App.2d 634 (1960)

5 Cal. Rptr. 509

ROBERT D. HAYES, Respondent, v. FRANCES C. HAYES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

June 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Murray and Markuse & Murray for Appellant.

Doyle & Clecak for Respondent.


TOBRINER, J.

This case mainly involves appellant's contention that a divorce granted upon the ground of extreme cruelty cannot stand upon an exclusive showing of "constant and intemperate use of alcohol." The contention fails, however, because the proof demonstrates more than appellant's alcoholism: other acts of misconduct support the decree. Nor can appellant defeat the decree upon the proposition that alcoholism must be treated like a disease and therefore neither...

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