Owen v. Owen

*246A suit for divorce was instituted by Ruby Pulliam Owen against her husband, J. H. Owen, grounded upon allegations of his desertion and cruelty. He denied the charges but the court after hearing the evidence ore tenus granted the wife a divorce a mensa, et thoro and awarded her permanent alimony of $25.00 per month. The appellant challenges the decree of the court which effectuates its decision.

At the time of this marriage the appellant was a widower, forty-eight years of age, an extra brakeman of the Virginian railway, and was living at a hotel in Victoria. The appellee was twenty-nine years…