Lockard v. Lockard

This was originally an action for separate maintenance instituted by Ann Lockard, plaintiff and appellant, against Hubert Lockard, defendant and appellee. In her petition, which was filed March 11, 1957, the plaintiff alleged generally as grounds for the action that the defendant was guilty of cruelty. In the petition the plaintiff asked that she be awarded the custody of a minor child of the parties.

To the petition the defendant, on April 15, 1957, filed an answer which contained a general denial of the allegations of cruelty contained in the petition. He also filed a cross-petition in which…