Coble v. . Coble
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Petition for divorce, from the Court of Equity of *Alamance County. The petition alleges that plaintiff and defendant intermarried about twenty-four years ago; that some four years after the marriage, the defendant, being of a jealous temperament, charged plaintiff with infidelity to him, which was untrue; that she endeavored by kindness to eradicate this jealousy from his mind, and for some time thought she had done so, but that in 1852, it appeared anew; about that time,…
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Petition for divorce, from the Court of Equity of *Alamance County. The petition alleges that plaintiff and defendant intermarried about twenty-four years ago; that some four years after the marriage, the defendant, being of a jealous temperament, charged plaintiff with infidelity to him, which was untrue; that she endeavored by kindness to eradicate this jealousy from his mind, and for some time thought she had done so, but that in 1852, it appeared anew; about that time, the defendant, upon the most frivolous and groundless pretences, began to accuse her of an iiiiproper intimacy .with one…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The bill is filed for the purpose of obtaining a divorce, a mensa et thoro, and also for alimony, under the 3rd section of the 39th chapter of the Eev. Stat. The defendant has put in a general demurrer, which must be overruled if there be any part of the bill upon which the plaintiff is entitled to relief. Adams’ Eq. 335; 1 Dan. Chan. Prac. 538, 540. Earp v. Earp, 1 Jones’ Eq. Rep. 239.
The third section of the act referred to specifies several distinct things, the doing of either of which by a husband will entitle his wife to a partial divorce, and to alimony. If he “ shall abandon his…
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