Heninger v. Heninger
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Wytheville. Decided at Richmond. Appeal from sundry decrees of the circuit court of Tazewell county, the last rendered at the November term, 1892, in a suit for divorce a mensa et toro by Catharine V. Heninger against Samuel T. Heninger.
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Argued at Wytheville. Decided at Richmond. Appeal from sundry decrees of the circuit court of Tazewell county, the last rendered at the November term, 1892, in a suit for divorce a mensa et toro by Catharine V. Heninger against Samuel T. Heninger. The bill charges that while the defendant’s treatment of the complainant has at no time during their married life been pleasant or agreeable, he has “ of late” treated both her and their children harshly and cruelly; that for some time he has continually quarreled with her, although she has at all times tried to be to him a dutiful and faithful…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit for a divorce from bed and board, on the ground of cruelty on the part of the husband, the defendant below and appellant here. The circuit court decreed a divorce, and gave the custody of the five infant children to the wife. It also by a subsequent decree ordered the defendant to provide for them a suitable home, and to pay, for permanent alimony and the support and education of the children, until the further order of the court, a thousand dollars a year, in two equal semi-annual instalments.
The evidence in support of the charges…
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