Pharr v. . Pharr

Plaintiff demurred ore tenus in this Court, to the further answer and defense and to the cross action.

The defendant in her amended further answer and defense pleads in bar of plaintiff’s right to a divorce, his unlawful and wrongful abandonment and nonsupport of the defendant, and recrimination.

Under the decisions of this Court either plea in bar, if sustained, is sufficient to prevent the plaintiff from obtaining a divorce. In the case of Byers v. Byers, ante, 85, Stacy, C. J., reviews our decisions and statutes, dealing with separation as a ground for divorce, and says: “It is true, the…