Legal Opinion

Harris v. Harris

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 9, 1935No. 4 Div. 810PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

' This is a bill filed by the wife against the husband for divorce and alimony, and to establish and enforce a resulting trust in certain described lands to the extent of one-tenth interest therein alleged to have been purchased by the husband with funds belonging to the wife.

It is not necessary to authorize the granting of a divorce to the wife on the ground of “cruelty” that she allege and prove that the husband has committed actual violence on her person attended with danger to life or health. Averments which show a course of conduct on the part of the husband creating…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jeter v. JeterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
  2. Singer v. SingerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  3. Mandelcorn v. MandelcornSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Farmer v. FarmerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  5. Wood v. WoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  2. Stephens v. StephensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  3. Ray v. RaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Roberts v. RobertsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
  5. George v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951

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