Jackson v. Jackson

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a final decree awarding the appellee a divorce on the grounds of adultery, and dismissing appellant’s cross-bill seeking a divorce on the ground of cruelty, together with alimony, custody of an infant alleged to be the child of the parties, and maintenance for the infant. By answer to the cross:bill, the appellee denied that he was the father of the child.

Most of the matters urged upon this appeal deal only with the weight of the evidence. The evidence was not taken orally before the trial court, and under such circumstances we are not unmindful…