Legal Opinion

Stidham v. Stidham

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 22, 1956No. 8 Div. 830PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellee sued appellant for a divorce, alleging cruelty. The trial court, after taking the testimony ore tenus, granted the divorce on that ground, awarded alimony to appellant and required appellee to pay an attorneys’ fee for appellant under her cross bill. The only question presented on the merits is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the decree of divorce.

We have carefully considered the evidence in consultation and are of the opinion that it is adequate, if believed, to justify the decree granting the divorce. What was said in McEvoy v. McEvoy, 214 Ala. 112, 106…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wetzel v. HobbsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  2. McEvoy v. McEvoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  3. Nichols v. HardegreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  4. James v. JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  5. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  2. Hemphill v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961
  3. Erwin v. ErwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  4. Ex parte RussellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  5. Harris v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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