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ARCHER J.
The petitioner seeks dissolution of the marriage between himself and the respondent on the ground that the respondent has since the celebration of the marriage treated the petitioner with cruelty and although it is not expressly stated in the petition, it seems that paragraph eleven of the petition suggests constructive desertion by the respondent. The respondent in her amended answer cross-petitioned for the dissolution of the marriage on the grounds of the petitioner’s cruelty, desertion and adultery.
The parties were married on 15 April 1948 and co-habited at Christiansborg and Kaneshie at Accra until their separation. There are two children of the marriage aged sixteen years and fourteen years respectively. The gist of the petitioner’s case is that since their marriage they have not had even two months peace in the matrimonial home. In 1955, the respondent assaulted him with a stick and his face was bruised. From January to June 1958 the wife would not perform house wifel…