Legal Opinion

Hale v. Hale

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1877PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Lamar. Tried before the Hon. R E. Gaines. This case is one in which both parties appealed; and though with much force and ability each argued against the "enforcement of a judgment, it was affirmed notwithstanding.

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Appeal from Lamar. Tried before the Hon. R E. Gaines. This case is one in which both parties appealed; and though with much force and ability each argued against the "enforcement of a judgment, it was affirmed notwithstanding. The history, as disclosed by the evidence, of the unfortunate in- ■ cidents which resulted in alienating the affections of and ultimately separating the parties, would subserve no useful purpose, and its publication is not required to illustrate the principles enunciated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Moore, Associate Justice.

The parties to this action mutually seek to obtain a divorce, upon the ground of excesses, cruel treatment, and outrages of' such a nature as to render their living together unsupportable, charged by them, respectively, in the petition and cross-bill. Heither of them desiring a jury, the case was tried by the judge, who, after considering the law and facts upon which they respectively relied, rendered judgment, refusing to grant a divorce to either of them, upon the case made under the petition of the plaintiff, or on the cross-bill filed by the defendant. From this…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wood v. WoodNew York Court of Chancery · 1830

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Jones v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Greenlaw v. DilworthTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927
  3. Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
  4. Alexander v. AlexanderIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Beck v. BeckTexas Supreme Court · 1885

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