Hawkins v. Hawkins

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

On her counterclaim, the chancellor granted Mrs. Ledoshia Hawkins a divorce from the appellant, B. N. Hawkins, on the ground of cruelty, and awarded her $1,000 as alimony and $100 for her attorneys. The appellant asks a reversal of the judgment of alimony for the reason that he should have been granted the divorce on the ground of abandonment, hence that she is not entitled to alimony.

We concur in the conclusion of the trial court that the treatment by the appellant of the appellee during her illness of two years or more of a chronic…