Phillips v. Phillips

Johnson, President:

In May, 1881, Sarah E. Phillips instituted her suit in equity against her husband, A. R. Phillips, in the circuit court of Ritchie county for a divorce a vinculo for adultery. The defendant did not answer the bill. The charges being duly proved, on October 19, 1881, the court pronounced a decree divorcing the parties and providing that the mother should have the care aud custody of their infant daughter, about five years old, and that the defendant should pay thirty dollars annually to the mother until the further order of the court toward the support of the child. Leave…