Buckholts v. Buckholts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Divorce, from Dooly. Tried before Judge Powers, April Term, 1857. Motion for new trial granted Oct. Term, 1857 Priscilla D. Buckholts filed her petition againstPeter Buckholts, her husband, praying for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The petition states, that libelant was married to respondent in the year 1824, and from that time until within a recent period, they had lived together as man and wife, and had raised a large family of children — ten in number.
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Divorce, from Dooly. Tried before Judge Powers, April Term, 1857. Motion for new trial granted Oct. Term, 1857 Priscilla D. Buckholts filed her petition againstPeter Buckholts, her husband, praying for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The petition states, that libelant was married to respondent in the year 1824, and from that time until within a recent period, they had lived together as man and wife, and had raised a large family of children — ten in number. That she had ever been a faithful, dutiful, and affectionate wife, but that for many years past, her husband had treated her with great…
1Opinion of the CourtBennixg-, J.
By the. Court. delivering the opinion.
The libel is put upon two grounds; cruel treatment, and incest.
In support of the last ground, no proof whatever, was offered.
The verdict was for the plaintiff, granting a total divorce, and disposing of the whole of the defendant’s property, which was quite large.
The motion for anew trial was put on a number of grounds, and the judgment granting the motion, was itself put on all of those grounds.
The exception is to this judgmeut.
The judgment was right, if any of the grounds of the motion was good. The question, therefore is, were the grounds of the…
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