Brown v. Brown
Supreme Court of Georgia
Divorce, etc. Before W. M. Henry, judge pro hac vice. 'Floyd superior court. December 11, 1920. In 1913 W. J. Brown instituted suit for, divorce against Hattie E. Brown.
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Divorce, etc. Before W. M. Henry, judge pro hac vice. 'Floyd superior court. December 11, 1920. In 1913 W. J. Brown instituted suit for, divorce against Hattie E. Brown. The petition alleged cruel treatment as follows: “ Defendant has been- cruel and inhumane in her conduct towards petitioner for a long time, abusing him in every way she could think of, striking him, threatening him, threatening his life, destroying and concealing his property and belongings, interfering with him in the exercise of his practice, he being a practicing physician, maligned and slandered him before his patients,…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. In a suit by a husband against his wife, for divorce on the ground of cruel treatment, the wife denied the acts of cruelty alleged, and made counter-charges of cruelty on 'the part of the husband, on the basis of which she prayed for divorce; she prayed also for permanent alimony for herself and minor child, the issue of the marriage. On the first trial a verdict was returned finding a divorce for the plaintiff, and át a subsequent term a second verdict waá returned finding a total divorce for the plaintiff and removing the disabilities of the wife. The verdict also provided that the…
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