Wright v. Wright
Texas Supreme Court
Appall from Victoria. Suit by the appellee for a divorce. The petition alleged that the plaintiff intermarried with the defendant in the year 1S2S, and that ‘•lie is her present legal husband ; ” that the defendant had for a series of years np t.o the present, time been in the constant habit of using towards her in secret.
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Appall from Victoria. Suit by the appellee for a divorce. The petition alleged that the plaintiff intermarried with the defendant in the year 1S2S, and that ‘•lie is her present legal husband ; ” that the defendant had for a series of years np t.o the present, time been in the constant habit of using towards her in secret. I lie, most harsh, threatening, and abusive language, and laid frequently resorted to personal violence, ‘-tlie times and occasions of which cannot be specifically set forth; but that in September, 1846, being in great clanger from a violent attack of illness, the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
Fourteen causes of error have been assigned, some of which will be examined, hut not in the order of their arrangement.
The fifth ground assigned is that the court erred in overruling the demurrer of tiie defendant.
The question presented is whether there is any fact well pleaded in the, petition which'would be sufficient in law to dissolve (die bonds of matrimony?
There- were some suggestions in the argument reiaiive to the extent of the power of the courts over matrimonial causes, which will not, in this case, require any particular examination. The statute defines tiie grounds…
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