Gatlin v. Gatlin

Ruth Shirley Gatlin, appellant, brought this suit for divorce against appellee W. Harry Gatlin in the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County. He filed a cross bill for divorce on the ground of habitual cruel and inhuman treatment. After a lengthy hearing, the trial court granted the husband a divorce on his cross bill, custody of their fifteen-year-old daughter, and the wife alimony for eighteen months at the rate of $200 per month. Mrs. Gatlin has appealed from that decree.

There was substantial evidence to support the chancery court’s granting of a divorce to…