Pewitt v. Pewitt

240 S.W.2d 521 (1951)

PEWITT

v.

PEWITT.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 9, 1951.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1951.

Mary Guidi, Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

H.L. Feibelman, Memphis for defendant in error.

TOMLINSON, Justice.

The bill of Square Pewitt, as amended, sought a decree declaring him divorced from Martha Pewitt on the ground that at the time they went through the marriage ceremony in 1928 Martha was married to a man named Maclin. Martha's answer denied this allegation and further asserted that she and Pewitt have lived together for more than twenty years as husband and wife believing that…