Farley v. Farley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was hied on the 18th September, 1890, by Mrs. Daisy Farley, as the wife of Hoxie C. Farley, and sought a divorce from her said husband, on the ground of abandonment and adultery, and also alimony.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Montgomery. Heard before the Hon. John A. Foster. The bill in this case was hied on the 18th September, 1890, by Mrs. Daisy Farley, as the wife of Hoxie C. Farley, and sought a divorce from her said husband, on the ground of abandonment and adultery, and also alimony. The bill alleged that the marriage was celebrated on the 6th May, 1890, and that the complainant “is over the age of eighteen years and further, that a fraud was practiced on her in the performance of the marriage ceremony by a person who had no authority to perform it, and without a license…
1Per curiam
— Appellee seeks by the bill the dissolution of the bonds of matrimony, on the ground that defendant has abandoned her, and has committed adultery with divers other women. The appeal, being taken from a decree overruling a motion to dismiss the bill for want of equity, and a demurrer thereto, involves only the sufficiency of its allegations. The bill alleges that the parties were of the age of consent. The averment as to the marriage is, “that heretofore, to-wit., on the 6th day of May, 1890, your oratrix, Daisy Farley, whose maiden name was Daisy Flexnor, was .lawfully and legally married…
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