Kittle v. Kittle
West Virginia Supreme Court
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
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