MANU vs. MANU [1959]DLSC2025

Date	1959-01-19
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1959]DLSC2025

VAN LARE AG. C. J

GRANVILLE SHARP J. A.

OLLENNU J.

[1959]DLSC2025
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153">&nbsp;MANU<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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DATE:
19TH JANUARY, 1959.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:
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VAN LARE AG. C. J., GRANVILLE SHARP J.
A. AND OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF VAN LARE AG. C. J.<o:p></o:p>Van Lare
Ag. C.J. delivered the judgment of the Court:<o:p></o:p>This is
an appeal from the judgment of Manyo-Plange J. dismissing the petition of a
wife (the appellant) for dissolution of her marriage.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
grounds upon which dissolution was claimed were that the cumulative effect of
respondent’s cruel acts towards her had caused serious injury to “her balance”.
The acts complained of, as the result of which she stated she was compelled to
leave the matrimonial home, were that the respondent frequently and without
cause charged her with adultery, called her a prostitute and a loose woman, and
struck her on some occasions, one occasion leaving her with a bad bruise on the
face. As a result, she found herself to be in a state of nervousness, and she
suffered from sleeplessness and loss of weight.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Furthermore,
after she had left the matrimonial home because (as she said) she was living in
constant fear for her health, the respondent often pursued her to an
educational institution where she was living and teaching, and there molested
and assaulted her. On three occasions a night watchman and one of the masters
of the school were attracted, by the noise of the respondent’s shouting and
banging on the door, to visit the petitioner’s living quarters to afford her protection.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Some of
the respondent’s letters to the petitioner were put in evidence, and completely
corroborate the evidence as to his conduct given by the petitioner. These
letters contain charges of general promiscuity on the part of the petitioner
with all and sundry. They also contain threats of violence, one being couched
in the following terms: “You shall compel me to act in such a way that
retaliation shall be impossible.” He had previously written, “ You know me
already, and I do not threaten in vain.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
petitioner is a University graduate, and must be a person of considerable
culture and intelligence. In our opinion, conduct of the kind complained of
(and not denied by evidence) would be most likely to produce upon her health
the very effect which she described, and to put her in constant apprehension of
physical violence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>We are
also of the opinion that such conduct as she described, having regard to her
class and standing, amounted to intolerable mental cruelty. We think that the
absence of medical evidence of physical injury in no way detracts from the
petitioner’s right to be relieved by a decree of the Court for the dissolution
of her marriage.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>