Jordan v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Chancery Court of Talladega. Tried before the lion. David G. Ligou. The bill in this case was filed by the defendant against the plaintiff in error, who was her husband,, for a divorce, on tlie grounds of abandonment and adultery, and for alimony.
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Error to the Chancery Court of Talladega. Tried before the lion. David G. Ligou. The bill in this case was filed by the defendant against the plaintiff in error, who was her husband,, for a divorce, on tlie grounds of abandonment and adultery, and for alimony. The questions presented bjr the assignments of error grow out of motions made at the hearing of the cause by the defendant below to suppress the depositions, of witnesses that had been examined on the part of the complainant, and on which motions the chancellor ruled against the defendant. The particular facts on which each question…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, J.
James D. Jordan, who was the defendant below, moved on the final bearing to suppress the depositions of S. Whatley, T. Bryant and C. P. McCann, because, as was contended, the commission under which they were taken had expired before the witnesses were examined. But the chancellor overruled the motion, because in fact one of those depositions was taken before the first day of the term to which the commission was returnable, and the others on that day and before the cause was called.for hearing. As we do not think the authority given by the commission had then expired, we can see no error in…
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