Nix v. Nix

In the trial court Clifford M. Nix filed his bill of complaint against his wife, Gloria Earle Nix, an infant, praying that he be granted a divorce and the custody of their child.

After a hearing ore tenus the relief prayed for was granted.

The errors assigned are, that the evidence fails to sustain the decree, and that the court was not warranted in awarding the custody of the infant child to the father.

The original bill of complaint, which was filed on November 21, 1945, was grounded upon the alleged desertion of the wife. The allegation was rather indefinite. It was that Mrs. Nix “had…