Clardy v. Clardy

This is a divorce suit, brought in the First Circuit Court of Davidson County and tried before the Judge of that Court upon the pleadings and the oral testimony of witnesses examined in open court.

Inasmuch as divorce cases, when tried in a law court without a jury, are tried according to chancery procedure and the forms of the chancery court (Broch v. Broch, 164 Tenn. 219,47 S.W.2d 84), we will, in this opinion, adopt the terminology ordinarily used in chancery cases.

The original bill in this case was filed by Hobart Clardy (the appellee here) against his wife, Hattie M. Clardy (the appellant…