Vanderhuff v. Vanderhuff

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff, the wife of the defendant in this case, brought suit for divorce on the ground that the defendant had been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of one to three years. At the trial defendant was permitted to submit evidence on the qualifications of the plaintiff to have custody of their child. That evidence tended to show that plaintiff had committed adultery during the period she was separated from her husband. The court below found that plaintiff was qualified to have custody of the child. It…