Armstrong v. Armstrong
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Paulding. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. On the 29th day of December, 1851, the appellee filed her bill in the District Chancery Court, against the appellant, for a divorce and alimony, and for the recovery of the sum of $25 which she alleged that she had loaned him, and the sum of $115, which he had taken of her separate property.
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Appeal from the District Chancery Court at Paulding. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. On the 29th day of December, 1851, the appellee filed her bill in the District Chancery Court, against the appellant, for a divorce and alimony, and for the recovery of the sum of $25 which she alleged that she had loaned him, and the sum of $115, which he had taken of her separate property. The substance of the bill so far as it related to the divorce, was that in 18— the complainant and defendant had intermarried, and had lived together pleasantly, until some eight or ten years previous to the filing…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This was a bill in equity, filed by the defendant in error against her husband for a divorce and for alimony, and also for the recovery of certain sums of money, the separate property of the wife, which it is alleged the husband appropriated to his own use. The ground of the 'relief sought is, adulterous intercourse by the husband with another woman, which had been, for several years, and was, when the bill was filed, carried on, and cruel treatment and abuse; which continued until December, 1851, wrhen she was driven by her husband from his house and home, in consequence of disagreements…
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