Jagoe v. Jagoe

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner

Affirming.

The appellant and the appellee were married in the year 1879, and in September, 1919, appellee filed this action for a divorce in the Hopkins circuit court alleging in substance that the parties had lived separate and apart continuously without cohabitation for more than five consecutive years theretofore, and that for more than six months prior to the separation the defendant behaved toward her in such a cruel and inhuman manner as to indicate a settled aversion toward her and to destroy permanently her peace and happiness.

The defendant…