Aldridge v. Aldridge
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by Jennie Aldridge against J. E. Aldridge. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Was the “marriage,” between complainant and defendant in Greenville, in July, 1914, a valid marriage? On this proposition hangs all the law applicable to this case.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Washington county. Hon. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by Jennie Aldridge against J. E. Aldridge. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Was the “marriage,” between complainant and defendant in Greenville, in July, 1914, a valid marriage? On this proposition hangs all the law applicable to this case. If the marriage was legal, and made them husband and wife, then the decree made by the court below may be sustained; otherwise, there must be a reversal and decree here for the defendant, certainly…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This proceeding was instituted in the court below by appellee to obtain a divorce and alimony from her alleged husband, on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. Appellant in his answer to the bill denied the cruel and inhuman treatment, and further alleged that appellee was not his lawful wife, for the reason that at the time of her alleged marriage to .him she had a living and undivorced husband and that he had a living and undivorced wife. The evidence disclosed the marriage of appellant and appellee and their cohabiting thereafter as husband and wife; that about seventeen years prior…
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