Payne v. Payne
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Nevada Circuit Court, in Chancery. lion. C. E. Mitoiiell, Circuit Judge. The allegation of adultery is clearly sustained by the depositions, and the divorce should have been granted. Gantt’s Dig., sec. 2195, clause 3.
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
This was a bill for divorce, brought in the Nevada Circuit Court by George S. Payne against his wife Mary Ann Payne. The bill alleged as cause for divorce that the wife had committed adultery with one Benjamin E. Snodgrass.
The plaintiff proved by Snodgrass that he had had carnal intercourse with defendant, but his testimony was not only uncorroborated, but he admitted, on cross-examination, that he had stated to one Grayson that he believed that plaintiff had used him as a tool or instrument for the purpose of getting a divorce.
The court below refused to grant a divorce on his testimony, and…
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