Banks v. Banks
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. Joe Mat, Chancellor. Bill by Charles Banks against T. 0. Banks, in which defendant made her answer a cross-bill, asking for alimony but not demanding a divorce for herself. From a decree denying divorce to complainant, awarding alimony to defendant, and setting apart complainant’s residence to defendant, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Charles Banks filed a bill against T. 0. Banks for divorce in the chancery court of Bolivar county, Second district, alleging that they were married in 1892, but *785that their relations throughout were unpleasant and his wife was of disagreeable disposition, and that in the year 1914 she assaulted him with a butcher knife in their home, and as a result he could not stay at his home, living with defendant; that he resided at another place in the same town for about two years after this time, and that his wife again assaulted him, striking him with an inkstand, almost severing his ear from his…
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