Legal Opinion

Kittle v. Kittle

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 23, 1920PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County. Bill for divorce by Lillie Bishop Kittle against G-. Bruce Kittle, with answer and cross-bill for divorce a vinculo and from bed and board.

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Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County. Bill for divorce by Lillie Bishop Kittle against G-. Bruce Kittle, with answer and cross-bill for divorce a vinculo and from bed and board. From a decree denying allowance of alimony pen-dente lite and attorney’s fees, from the overruling of her demurrer to the matter of the cross-bill and her exceptions to sufficiency of the answer to her bill, and from a final decree awarding her a divorce from bed and board, without alimony or suit money, complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

MilleR, Judge:

Divorce from bed and board was the subject matter of plaintiff’s bill; and in the defendant’s answer he not only controverted the grounds of divorce relied on by plaintiff, but undertook to set up against her matter for affirmative relief and for *48a decree a vinculo and from bed and board. Defendant demurred to the plaintiff’s bill; and plaintiff excepted to and demurred to the defendant’s answer, as not constituting a good defense nor pleading matter justifying the affirmative relief sought. Defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s bill was overruled. Her exception to his answer was…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Goff v. GoffWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Reynolds v. ReynoldsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  3. Huff v. HuffWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Cralle v. CralleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
  5. Lang v. LangWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. LaRue v. LaRueWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
  2. State ex rel. Cecil v. KnappWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Norman v. NormanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Hale v. HaleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Foster v. FosterCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1976

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