GRIEST v. GRIEST, 154 Md. 696 (1928)

140 A. 590

HAROLD E. GRIEST v. MARY KELLY GRIEST.

[No. 87, October Term, 1927.]Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Decided February 2d 1928.

Divorce — Cruelty.

The husband’s unreasonable insistence upon marital rights at a critical period in the wife’s life may amount to cruelty, entitling her to a divorce.

Decided February 2d 1928.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County, In Equity (PRESTON, J.).

Bill by Mary Kelly Griest against Harold E. Griest. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.

The cause was argued before BOND, C.J., PATTISON, URNER, ADKINS, OFFUTT, DIGGES, PARKE, and SLOAN, JJ.

Frederick Lee Cobourn, for the appellant.

Robert H. Archer, for the appellee.

ADKINS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming the decree, with costs to the appellee.

Unreported cases.

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