PEITERSEN v. PEITERSEN

No. 50574.

114 N.W.2d 299 (1962)

Helen W. PEITERSEN, Appellee, v. Earl M. PEITERSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 3, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitzgibbons & Fitzgibbons, Estherville, for appellant.

Winkel & Winkel, Algona, for appellee.


GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the familiar question whether there is sufficient evidence, as the trial court held, that defendant-husband "is guilty of such inhuman treatment as to endanger the life of his wife," within the meaning of section 598.8(5), Code, I.C.A., 1958, as to constitute ground for divorce. Fortunately there are no children of the marriage to suffer the usual consequences of a broken home...

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