Legal Opinion

Mayo v. Mayo

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 5, 1917PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Clay County Court. Heard before Hon. E. J. GARRISON. Bill by A. B. Mayo against Tempie Mayo for divorce. From a decree granting divorce respondent appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

This is a bill for divorce on the general grounds of abandonment. From the decree granting the divorce the appeal is taken.

*552.Under the authority of Brown v. Brown, 178 Ala. 121, 59 South. 48, the record does not show a voluntary abandonment of the husband by the wife. There is disclosed a case of domestic infelicity between complainant and respondent (respectively, appellee and appellant here), respondent being the second wife of complainant, and complainant being the father of children by the first wife; but the willingness of the respondent wife to live with the complainant husband, if only…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  2. Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  3. Dabbs v. DabbsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  4. Gobel v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. McEvoy v. McEvoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  2. Adkison v. AdkisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  3. Thomas v. ThomasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. Caine v. CaineSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. Stephenson v. StephensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925

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