LIEF v. LIEF, 117 N.J. Eq. 483 (1935)

176 A. 318

DORA LIEF, also known as DORA LEIF, petitioner-appellant, v. ADOLPH LIEF, sometimes known as ADOLPH LEIF, ALEX LIEF or ALEX LEIF, defendant-respondent.

Court of Errors and Appeals.Submitted October term, 1934.
Decided January 10th, 1935.

Finding of the advisory master that the appellant wife had failed to establish her cause of action for divorce and that the charge of extreme cruelty was not brought in good faith affirmed.

On appeal from the court of chancery.

Mr. Milton M. Unger, for the appellant.

Mr. Martin Korngut, for the respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant and respondent were married on May 25th, 1914, and lived together until December 15th, 1931, with the exception of an eighteen-month period, immediately after the marriage, when the appellant was in Europe.

On August 5th, 1932, the appellant filed her petition for a divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty. To this the respondent filed an answer, denying any acts of cruelty, and

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also filed a counter-claim alleging adultery on the part of the wife, which he abandoned at the trial.

The cause came on for final hearing, resulting in a decree dismissing the petition of the wife, on the ground that the charge of extreme cruelty was not brought by the petitioner in good faith, and that she had failed to establish her cause of action. From this decree the wife appeals.

We conclude that the evidence justified the finding of the advisory master who heard the cause and advised the decree, and we do not think it should be disturbed.

The decree below is therefore affirmed.

For affirmance — THE CHIEF-JUSTICE, PARKER, LLOYD, CASE, BODINE, DONGES, HEHER, PERSKIE, VAN BUSKIRK, KAYS, HETFIELD, DEAR, WELLS, JJ. 13.

For reversal — None.

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