Murray v. Murray

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit by the wife for a divorce and alimony. They had been married sixteen years; had no children, and lived an ordinarily contented life. He was at first a farmer, and then a skilled mechanic, at the last working for the Tennessee Valley Authority, earning $110 per month. They lived in a rented house. He paid all the expenses of the living, and provided amply in every respect for their reasonable needs.

There was no trouble whatever until a few months before the separation, when she became suspicious and jealous of a widow living across the street. The evidence does…