Reed v. Reed

This is a divorce suit brought by the appellant. The chancellor granted the appellee a divorce on her counterclaim and also awarded her the custody of the couple’s two, children. It is- contended that the court erred in restricting the plaintiff’s right to testify and in finding that the testimony offered by the defendant was sufficient to establish a ground for divorce.

Upon the first point the record is evidently incomplete. At the trial the chancellor refused to permit the husband to testify about the merits of the case. "We have no doubt that the chancellor had his reasons for this…