Davenport v. Davenport

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

Kathryn Low Davenport sued Hope Davenport for a divorce in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Alabama, in Equity. She prayed for a decree of divorce, a vinculo matrimonii, permanent alimony, and alimony pendente lite. She alleged cruelty and habitual drunkenness. Hope Davenport filed an answer which contained, in effect, a general denial and allegations that the appellee, the wife, was also an habitual drunkard. It is not clear from the answer whether the husband was attempting to contest the divorce or just the granting of alimony.

On January 8, 1962, on a sworn…