Liggett v. Liggett

Bull, Justice.

A husband sued for a divorce on the ground of cruel treatment. His wife filed an answer denying the alleged cruelty, and a cross-action praying for permanent and temporary alimony and for custody of . the children. The first trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the husband for a partial divorce, and against him for permanent alimony in separate amounts for the wife and children. The husband’s motion for a new trial was granted so far as it applied to his application for a divorce, but was otherwise denied. Pending this motion the attorney for the wife voluntarily wrote off a…