Haynes v. Haynes

Mb. Chiee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Marguerite Lucille Haynes filed her petition in the circuit court of Knox County, Tennessee, against her husband for separate maintenance, alleging that he had left her and their infant child without support; that he left home frequently on “drinking sprees”, remaining away for several days at a time without her knowledge of his whereabouts; that by reason of his desertion and abandonment “it became necessary for her to borrow money and sell clothing oft times repeatedly and for long periods during the past years. ’ ’

The petition…