Ussery v. Ussery

MERRILL, Justice.

Appeal by respondent, Phillip W. Ussery, from a decree of the Circuit Court, in Equity, of Jefferson County, awarding a divorce, custody of and support for their child to the complainant, Nina Vee Ussery.

Complainant’s amended bill prays for a divorce on the ground of cruelty, alimony and the custody of the minor child under one year of age, and prays in the alternative for separate maintenance.

At the time of. the hearing Phillip was twenty years of age and Nina Vee was nineteen. They were married in January 1951 and lived together as husband and wife until August 14, 1952.

It…