Walls v. Walls

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Pearl Roberson Walls, a resident of Miller County, instituted suit in the Miller Chancery Court on February 4, 1956, against her husband, Dee Clark Walls, seeking divorce.

The complaint alleged that the parties were married in Miller County, November 1, 1942, and lived together as husband and wife until January 30, 1956; that defendant treated her with contempt, indifference, and studied neglect; that he struck her on many occasions, frequently absented himself from home, and that this course of conduct was pursued to such an extent that her condition…