Lawson v. Shotwell
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. The appellant, while she was Mary E. H. Shotwell, filed her bill on the equity side of the circuit court of Lowndes county, against her then husband, Robert Shotwell, for a divorce which was granted her by the circuit court.
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. The appellant, while she was Mary E. H. Shotwell, filed her bill on the equity side of the circuit court of Lowndes county, against her then husband, Robert Shotwell, for a divorce which was granted her by the circuit court. And while she was still Mary E. H. Shotwell, she filed her bill in the superior chancery court against the said Robert Shotwell, her former husband, for alimony; but after the filing of the bill, she intermarried with Andrew Lawson, whereby her bill abated; the same, however, Was reinstated by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of chancery, sustaining a demurrer by the defendant to the complainant’s amended and supplemental bill.
To understand fully the main grounds of demurrer, as applicable to the amended and supplemental bill, it will be necessary to notice briefly the important allegations of the original bill, and to determine whether the object sought to be accom*632plished thereby, can or ought to be aided, in the present attitude of the case, by the amendment.
It appears from the allegations of the original bill, that the complainant, sometime during the year…
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