Burleson v. Burleson

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree in equity overruling the demurrer of R. Lee Burleson, appellant, to the bill of complaint filed by Betty Ruth Burleson, appellee, for a decree of divorce under Sec. 22, Title 34, Code of 1940, 1955 Cum.Pocket Part. The pertinent provisions of Sec. 22 provide as follows:

“In favor of either party to the marriage when the other has committed actual violence on his or her person, attended with danger to life or health, or when from his or her conduct there is reasonable apprehension of such violence. * * * ”

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