Howell v. . Howell

In an action for alimony without divorce, as in an action for divorce a mensa et thoro by the wife, she must not only set out with some particularity the acts of cruelty upon the part of the husband, but she must aver, and consequently offer proof, that such acts were without adequate provocation upon her part. Pollard v. Pollard, 221 N. C., 46, 19 S. E. (2d), 1; Carnes v. Carnes, 204 N. C., 636, 169 S. E., 222; Dowdy v. Dowdy, 154 N. C., 556, 70 S. E., 719; Martin v. Martin, 130 N. C., 27, 40 S. E., 822; O’Connor v. O’Connor, 109 N. C., 139, 13 S. E., 887; Jackson v. Jackson, 105 N. C., 433,…