Lawson v. Bennett

The foremost question here is this: Where a spouse, the wife in the instant case, has suffered impairment of mind to such an extent that she does not have sufficient mental capacity to understand what she is engaged in doing, and the nature and'consequences of her act, may the other spouse, the husband here, maintain an action against her for divorce on the ground of two years’ separation, that is, under the provisions of G.S. 50-6 ? The trial judge held that he did not have such right, and, upon careful consideration of the question, this Court affirms.

In this connection, the General…