Sheffield v. Sheffield
Texas Supreme Court
— Appeal from Gonzales County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The verdict of the jury in this case should have been set aside and a new trial granted. The policy of American law is generally in favor of the stability of the marriage union.
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— Appeal from Gonzales County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The verdict of the jury in this case should have been set aside and a new trial granted. The policy of American law is generally in favor of the stability of the marriage union. If the facts proved upon the trial of this cause in the court below are sufficient to authorize a divorce by any construction of the statute, it might almost lead to the destruction of the marriage institution within the state. The facts proved in this cause do not show “ excesses, cruel treatment or outrages of such a character as to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hemphill
The petition was filed by the appellee to obtain a divorce from his wife, Lydia Sheffield, the appellant. The petitioner states, in substance, that he had always treated his wife with tenderness and affection; that for the last six or eight months she was in the habit of addressing him, almost invariably, in an angry, insulting and aggravating manner; that on the second or third of May, 1848 (which was about five or six days before the filing of the petition), she voluntarily abandoned the house and home of the petitioner, without any cause or provocation ; that on the fifth she returned, and…
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