Cottle v. Cottle

In my opinion, the decree of the Circuit Court of Wood County entered in this cause should be affirmed. The majority opinion fairly pictures the evidence of what occurred between the parties, and it is not my purpose to deal with the facts, but rather with the application of what I think is the law, as applied to those facts.

The commissioner in chancery, who heard this case, came to the conclusion that neither party was entitled to a divorce. The trial court sustained the defendant’s exception to the report of the commissioner, and awarded to the defendant a divorce upon the allegations of…