De Jean v. De Bose

McCALEB, Justice.

This is a suit by a wife against her husband for a separation from bed and board. The parties, who are Negroes, were married in 1920. It is averred that, throughout the years, the husband has been guilty of such cruelty and other excesses as to render continuation of the marital relation insupportable.

The husband denies generally the charges of the wife, alleging that she is a nagging type of woman. He also pleads that, whereas he and his wife have had many disputes and several estrangements, alL have ended in reconciliations.

After a trial below on these issues, there was…