Bowman v. Worthington
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Ajypealfrom Chicot Circuit Cowt in, Chcmccry. lion. Win. M. HaeeisoN, Circuit Judge. Undoubtedly the court of chancery, in England, had no jurisdiction in matters of divorce and alimony. But our statute, ch. 59, sec. 3, provides that the circuit court, “sitting as a court of chancery, shall have jurisdiction in all cases of divorce and alimony, or maintenance,’* like proceedings being had as “in other cases on the equity side of said court.”
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Ajypealfrom Chicot Circuit Cowt in, Chcmccry. lion. Win. M. HaeeisoN, Circuit Judge. Undoubtedly the court of chancery, in England, had no jurisdiction in matters of divorce and alimony. But our statute, ch. 59, sec. 3, provides that the circuit court, “sitting as a court of chancery, shall have jurisdiction in all cases of divorce and alimony, or maintenance,’* like proceedings being had as “in other cases on the equity side of said court.” It is true that sec. 9 provides that “when a decree shall be entered,” the court shall make such order touching the alimony of the wife, as from 'the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice ClendeniN
On the 13th of March, 1866, the complainant, Mary H. Bowman, filed her bill of -complaint against Elisha Worthington; and afterwards, on the 26th of June, 1866, filed an amendment to said bill. It appears from the allegations of the original and amended bills,- that the complainant, on the 10th day of November, 1840, intermarried with the defendant in the state of Kentucky, and went to reside with her husband, in the state of Arkansas; that she lived with her husband in Arkansas about five months, when, in consequence of the adultery of her husband, she separated irom him, and returned to the…
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