Price v. Price
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Yell Chancery Court, Dardanelle District; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; 1. The chancellor erred in granting appellee a divorce and in giving all the property to him. Kirby’s Digest, § 2684. Indignities to the person need not consist of personal violence, but may be unmerited reproach, rudeness, contempt, studied neglect, open insult and other things habitually and systematically pursued to an extent which would render a woman’s life intolerable.
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Appeal from Yell Chancery Court, Dardanelle District; Jordan Sellers, Chancellor; 1. The chancellor erred in granting appellee a divorce and in giving all the property to him. Kirby’s Digest, § 2684. Indignities to the person need not consist of personal violence, but may be unmerited reproach, rudeness, contempt, studied neglect, open insult and other things habitually and systematically pursued to an extent which would render a woman’s life intolerable. Nor is it necessary that she be entirely blameless. 44 Ark. 429; 53 Id. 484. 2. Appellant was entitled to have restored to her all of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
On the 27th day of July, 1915, J. H. Price brought suit against his wife, Seleetha J. Price, for divorce on the ground of wilful desertion for more than one year without reasonable cause. She denied the allegations of the complaint and alleged that she was forced to leave home on account of his ill-treatment. By way of cross-complaint she asked for a divorce on the statutory ground of cruel treatment.
The chancellor dismissed the cross-complaint of the defendant and decreed the plaintiff a divorce on the ground of desertion. The infant daughter of the parties was awarded to the custody of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Womack v. WomackSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Shirey v. ShireySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- Mathy v. MathySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
- Dickson v. DicksonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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- Johnson v. SwansonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
- Moore v. Moore, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1926