Ball v. Ball

CHAPMAN, J.:

The record in this case discloses that Edward Ball and Ruth Latham were married in Washington, D. C., on June 17, 1933, and shortly thereafter established a home on the St. Johns River on the outskirts of the City of Jacksonville, where they lived together as husband and wife until the month of January, 1943. During the month of May, 1943, Mrs. Ball left the home and instituted a suit for divorce in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida, on the ground of mental cruelty and in her bill of complaint prayed for a divorce and other relief.

On December 6, 1943, the defendant and…