Crews v. Crews
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Chancery Court, Eastern District. Edward D. Robinson, Chancellor. Indignities, to constitute ground for divorce, need not be offered to the person, but may consist of reproaches, etc. 9 Ark. 1, 516; 33 id. 156; 38 id. 1, 131; 44 id. 429. In testing the conduct of a complainant who has proved' a cause for divorce, the provocation under which he acted, etc., must be considered. 53 Ark. 486. The jurisdiction of chancery courts to grant divorces is statutory in…
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Appeal from Clay Chancery Court, Eastern District. Edward D. Robinson, Chancellor. Indignities, to constitute ground for divorce, need not be offered to the person, but may consist of reproaches, etc. 9 Ark. 1, 516; 33 id. 156; 38 id. 1, 131; 44 id. 429. In testing the conduct of a complainant who has proved' a cause for divorce, the provocation under which he acted, etc., must be considered. 53 Ark. 486. The jurisdiction of chancery courts to grant divorces is statutory in Arkansas. 24 Ark. 552; 9 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 726. The statute (Sand. & H. Dig., § 2505) confers power to grant divorces…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a bill for divorce by T. J. Crews against his wife, Ann Crews, in the chancery court of the Eastern district of Clay county. Answer and cross-bill by defendant. The same grounds and prayer for divorce from the bonds of matrimony were made in the bill and the cross-bill. The cross-bill contained certain property allegations, and prayer for alimony, Upon the testimony in the case the chancellor granted the defendant a divorce “a mensa et thoro," and an allowance of $80 per annum, payable quarterly to her, as alimony.
In the findings of the chancellor is this expression: “Upon…
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