Hewitt v. Morgan

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

By this appeal, the husband, Fay Hewitt, challenges the Chancery decree which (I) granted the wife, Pauline Hewitt, a divorce; (II) denied the husband’s cross-complaint for divorce; (III) adjudicated property rights; and (IV) awarded the custody of the two children. We discuss the assignments in the order named.

I and II. The Divorce Decree to the Wife, and the Denial of the JIusband’s Cross-Complaint. The parties were married in 3942. On August 30, 1950, the husband became enraged at his wife and physically chastised her. As a result, she suffered two black eyes, a…