Rooney v. Rooney

Bussey, Justice.

This action was instituted in the County Court of Richland County by the petitioner, Mrs. Rooney, appellant here, seeking a divorce a mensa et thoro, and allied relief, bn the ground of physical cruelty. The respondent, by way of answer, denied the material allegations of the petition arid counterclaimed for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground of habitual drunkenness. After several pendente lite hearings before the late Honorable John W. Crews, Associate Judge, the cause was referred to Honorable Harry Lightsey, Master in Equity for Richland County, who, after taking…