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MOORE v. MOORE

No. 9996.

179 F.2d 38 (1949)

MOORE v. MOORE.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herman Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. James D. Graham, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.

PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant attacks a limited divorce for cruelty, granted his wife, upon the ground of insufficient evidence to support the judgment.

The courts of this jurisdiction have held consistently that under its laws1 where there is no physical violence a divorce for cruelty will not lie unless the mistreatment has caused injury to the health of the complaining spouse.2

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