Betts v. Betts

ROBERTS, Justice.

Mrs. Betts, the appellant, filed suit for divorce in the Circuit Court in and for Dade County, Florida, against Mr. Betts, the ap-pellee, alleging the statutory grounds of extreme cruelty and desertion. Mr. Betts in his answer denied that he had been guilty of the charges made against him and alleged, additionally, that the charge of extreme •cruelty had been adjudicated adversely to Mrs. Betts by the Superior Court of Hancock County, Maine, and that such question was res adjudicata. The cause came on for hearing before the Chancellor on the issues thus made. The Chancellor…