Almond v. Almond
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Fredericksburg. Elizabeth Almond, by Cox, her next friend, filed a bill against David Almond, her husband. The whole nature of the subject is fully unfolded in the following opinion. The case was submitted without argument.
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Carr,
delivered his opinion.
This is a bill filed by Mrs. Almond, by E. Cox, her next friend, against her husband, for alimony. It states, *663that she brought him seven or eight negroes, which have all been wasted by him in riot and drink: that her brother gave her a girl after her marriage, who has had three children: that her husband treated her with great cruelty, beating her in his drunken fits, which became so frequent and intolerable, that she was at length obliged to leave him, and throw herself upon the charity of her son: that when she went, her husband told her to take her present…
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