Riggs v. Riggs
Tennessee Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the Court..
The original bill herein was filed by complainant Walter C. Biggs against his wife, Maude Biggs, seeking an absolute divorce on a charge of cruel and inhuman conduct, details of which are set out.
She answered denying all allegations of the bill and filed a cross bill charging defendant with neglect and acts of infidelity, naming other women, and asked for a divorce from bed and board. The cross bill was answered, proof taken, and upon the hearing the chancellor dismissed the original bill and granted the wife a divorce from bed and board with alimony. About…
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