Jernigan v. Jernigan

It is true that in suits for a divorce, the District Courts are, to a considerable extent, the judges, not only of the law, but of the facts of a case, and therefore it is said in Moore v. Moore, 22 Texas, 240: “ In decreeing a divorce, the judge “ does not proceed as in other eases, upon the verdict of the “ jury, but upon his own judgment, after the jury, by their “ verdict, have affirmed the truth of the material allegations of “ the petition. The mind of the judge must be satisfied, not only of the sufficiency of the causes alleged, but of the “ truth and sufficiency of the evidence by…