Watts v. Watts

The appellee filed his complaint against the appellant in the Jefferson Chancery Court, asking for a divorce on the ground that his wife’s conduct toward him rendered his condition intolerable.

The appellant answered, alleging that a former suit between the same parties and involving the same subject matter had been tried in the Jefferson Chancery Court, decree rendered against C. Y. Watts, and an appeal taken by him to the Supreme Court, where said appeal was 'dismissed for non-compliance with Buie 9. Appellant alleged that the judgment in the former suit was a 'bar to the present suit. She…