Brown v. Westbrook
Supreme Court of Georgia
Divorce, in Houston Superior Court. Tried before Judge Lamar, at October Term, 1858. This was a libel for divorce, at the suit of John W. Brown, as the guardian of Richard N. Westbrook, a lunatic, against Catherine Westbrook, the wife of said Richard N. The alleged ground of divorce was the lunacy and insanity of Richard N. Westbrook, at the time of his marriage with said Catherine, in the year 1848. The libel further stated that, under proceedings had in the Court of…
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Divorce, in Houston Superior Court. Tried before Judge Lamar, at October Term, 1858. This was a libel for divorce, at the suit of John W. Brown, as the guardian of Richard N. Westbrook, a lunatic, against Catherine Westbrook, the wife of said Richard N. The alleged ground of divorce was the lunacy and insanity of Richard N. Westbrook, at the time of his marriage with said Catherine, in the year 1848. The libel further stated that, under proceedings had in the Court of Ordinary for said county, the said Richard N. was, on the 21st day of May, 1849, duly found and declared alunatic, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin J.
delivering the opinion.
This was a libel for divorce, brought by Brown, as guardian of Westbrook, against Catherine, his wife, on the ground of mental incapacity at the time of the marriage. The plaintiff failing to file a schedule, the Court, on motion, compelled him to do so. And the special jury found, that sufficient proofs had been submitted to them to grant a total divorce between the parties. They further found, that $10,000 be set apart for the support of the lunatic during his lifetime, $4,000 for the maintenance of the wife, and the residue of the property,…
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