Legal Opinion

Killingsworth v. Killingsworth

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 12, 1968No. 3 Div. 202PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

The wife appeals from a decree granting divorce to the husband on the ground of cruelty.

In his bill of complaint, the husband charges:

“5. That the respondent has since their marriage committed actual violence on complainant’s person attendant with danger to his life or health or that from respondent’s conduct there is reasonable apprehension of such violence; that respondent has violently assaulted complainant and has threatened him on many occasions; that your complainant and respondent separated on to-wit: November 15, 1964 and have not lived together as man and wife since…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Phœnix Insurance v. MoogSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  2. B'ham Ry. L. & P. Co. v. BarrettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  3. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  4. Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1873
  5. Forest Investment Corp. v. Commercial Credit Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1960

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Central Alabama Elec. Co-Op. v. TapleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Killingsworth v. KillingsworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  3. Perry v. BrakefieldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  4. K.W. v. J.G.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2003
  5. Thompson v. PattonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008

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