Waite v. Waite

This was a bill in chancery by appellee against appellant, her husband, for a divorce upon the grounds of adultery and extreme and repeated cruelty. The defendant answered denyingthe charges in the bill and filed a cross-bill charging his wife with adultery to which she answered, denying the charge. Issues were formed by replication, and, at the January term, 1885, of the court, the case was tried by a jury, who, after a full hearing, returned a verdict finding the complainant in the original bill not guilty of adultery, but found the defendant guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty, and not…