Borne v. Borne

By an amended decree signed by Judge Paul Ottinger, the Circuit Court for Washington County granted to Lewis E. Borne, Jr., an absolute divorce from Helen T. Borne, dismissed Mrs. Borne’s cross-bill, and denied her petition to reserve the right to award alimony later.

In her appeal from that decree Mrs. Borne argues that the factual findings of the trial judge concerning the appellant’s disposition to commit adultery were clearly erroneous, and that the evidence in the record does not meet the irreducible minimum standard of proof necessary to substantiate a claim of adultery.

This litigation…