Busbee v. Reese

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

As the question for determination is not only of grave importance to the immediate parties in interest, but involves the application of legal principles to a phase of the domestic relations that I regard as of the first importance to the good order of society and the welfare of the State, I shall as briefly as possible state the grounds.

The Circuit Judge correctly finds:

“From the testimony it appears that there is little difference in the financial and social standing of the contesting parties. All appear to be respectable and law…