Williams v. Williams

Appellant filed suit in the Ouachita Chancery Court against appellee, alleging cruel treatment and adultery as grounds for divorce and asked for the custody of their eleven-year-old child. Appellee filed answer and cross-complaint in which the allegations in the complaint were denied and asked for divorce and alimony. The trial court granted appellant a divorce and the custody of the child, and held that appellee was not entitled to any alimony, but that she was entitled to one-half interest in the property described, subject to the burden of one-half the indebtedness against it.

Appellant…