Langston v. Langston

Brailsford, Justice.

In this action for divorce by Henry Abbott Langston, Jr., against Marian Fail Langston, the wife defended upon the ground that her adultery, which was assigned as the ground for divorce, had been condoned by her husband. The circuit court sustained this defense, denied the divorce sought by the husband, awarded primary custody of the three young children of the marriage to the wife, and required the husband to support the children and to pay alimony to the wife. The husband has appealed.

The testimony was taken befo,re a special referee under a limited order of reference.…