Black v. Black
Supreme Court of Georgia
Divorce and alimony. Before Judge Kent. Laurens superior court. February 6, 1919. Mrs. Sarah Knight Black filed her petition for divorce and for temporary and permanent alimony against T. H. Black. The ground on which, the divorce was sought was cruel treatment.
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Divorce and alimony. Before Judge Kent. Laurens superior court. February 6, 1919. Mrs. Sarah Knight Black filed her petition for divorce and for temporary and permanent alimony against T. H. Black. The ground on which, the divorce was sought was cruel treatment. On the trial the plaintiff testified: She had known the defendant for about five years prior to her marriage; when she was a girl eleven or twelve years old he often presented her with jewelry and other presents, and was quite kind to her. When she was about fifteen years old he proposed marriage to her. She did not immediately accept…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
1. Under the ruling in Ring v. Ring, 118 Ga. 183 (44 S. E. 861, 62 L. R. A. 878), Brown v. Brown, 129 Ga. 247 (58 S. E. 825), and Stoner v. Stoner, 134 Ga. 368 (67 S. E. 1030), the evidence failed to show a case of cruel treatment which authorized the grant of a divorce on that ground. The court therefore erred in overruling the defendant’s motion for new trial.
2. The verdict for permanent alimony, based as it was upon the unauthorized grant of a total divorce between the parties, will be set aside, without prejudice to the right of the plaintiff, while living in a bona *507fide state of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Stoner v. StonerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Brown v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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