Richardson v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Alabama
On writ of error to a decree of the Circuit Court of Washington county, exercising chancery jurisdiction. . This was a bill for divorce, by Lucinda Richardson against her hir-band, John Richardson. The bill slated that complainant,‘entered into matrimony wiih the defendant, in the year eighteen hundred and ten. That the union oil her part, was one of affection, rather than of prudence, and that from it, she had long cherished the hope of deriving happiness and contentment.
Read the full summary
On writ of error to a decree of the Circuit Court of Washington county, exercising chancery jurisdiction. . This was a bill for divorce, by Lucinda Richardson against her hir-band, John Richardson. The bill slated that complainant,‘entered into matrimony wiih the defendant, in the year eighteen hundred and ten. That the union oil her part, was one of affection, rather than of prudence, and that from it, she had long cherished the hope of deriving happiness and contentment. That this anticipation, or-atrix had found vain and delusive, for though her conduct from the day of marriage, up to the…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
— This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Washington county, in January eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and is a bill in equity, by means of which, the complainant seeks to procure the dissolution of a marriage, contracted between the defendant and herself, in the year eighteen hundred and ten.
The complainant alleges, in terms well calculated to excite the sympathies, that she has borne to the defendant eight children, all living pledges of her affection to him, whom she charges to have treated her at all times with coldness and neglect, and frequently with personal chastisement,…
2Cited by23 opinions
- Pearson v. DarringtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Jeter v. JeterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
- Phelan v. PhelanSupreme Court of Florida · 1868
- McGee v. McGeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
- Coleman v. ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
18 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.