Shepard v. Shepard

LOONEY, Justice.

Elizabeth Shepard, appellee, sued ■ Paul Shepard, appellant,; for: divorce, and the custody of their minor daughter, Mimi Pauline, alleging as ground for divorce, cruel treatment. Appearing by next, .friend, appellant controverted appellee’s allegations, and, in a cross-action, sought the dissolution of the marriage between himself and appellee on the ground that, at and before the time of its solemnization, he was of unsound mind and mentally incapable of contracting marriage; also alleged that he was not the father of appellee’s baby.

At the conclusion of the evidence,…