Alexander v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; John B. Martmeam, Chancellor; STATEMENT BV THE COURT. Appellee sued appellant for a divorce April 28, 1909, alleging that he was married to appellant in Little Rock, Arkansas, April 10, 1908, that he and his wife went to Carlisle to live, and that the next day appellant willfully abandoned him without cause, .and has so continued to willfully desert him for a period of more than one year.
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Appeal from Lonoke Chancery Court; John B. Martmeam, Chancellor; STATEMENT BV THE COURT. Appellee sued appellant for a divorce April 28, 1909, alleging that he was married to appellant in Little Rock, Arkansas, April 10, 1908, that he and his wife went to Carlisle to live, and that the next day appellant willfully abandoned him without cause, .and has so continued to willfully desert him for a period of more than one year. Appellant answered, denying that she had willfully deserted and abandoned appellee without reasonable cause. She states, ■the facts to be that: It was against appellant’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). It was proper for the court to consider the record in the suit for maintenance as a part of the evidence in this case. We gather from the entire record that appellant, who had been twice married, “put matrimonial ad. in Democrat month or two after” she arrived from Parsons, Kansas, where she had formerly lived, and “got forty answers.” Like the suitors to “fair Portia,” “from the four corners of the earth they came to kiss this shrine.” Appellee (Dr. Alexander) was among the many who answered her advertisement; she liked his letters. Pie “visited her once…
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