Bailey v. Bailey

Appellant filed his original bill in the chanceiy court of Shelby county, Tennessee, against the defendant seeking an absolute divorce. The bill alleged that the defendant had been guilty of willful, malicious desertion and absence without a reasonable cause for more than two whole years before the filing of the bill.

The defendant filed an answer and cross-bill, in which she denied the material allegations in the bill, and denied that she had willfully or maliciously deserted the defendant without reasonable cause. By way of cross-bill she alleges that the cross-defendant had been guilty of…