Evans v. Evans

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

Both sides have appealed from a Chancery Court decree in a divorce proceeding.

Plaintiff, Jessie Lewis Evans, filed a complaint against the Defendant and Cross Complainant for a divorce on grounds of adultery. The Defendant filed a cross complaint asking for a divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Each of the complaints sought disposition of their jointly-owned properties. The Plaintiff dismissed his complaint before the case came to trial and the case proceeded to trial on the cross complaint.

The Court granted the Cross Complainant a divorce and made a…