Butler v. Butler

Alice Loving-' Butler, hereafter referred to as complainant, filed her bill for divorce against her husband, J. Jarvis Butler, on the ground of cruelty. Respondent, J. Jarvis Butler, filed his answer and cross-bill, denying the charges of cruelty and charging wilful desertion without just cause, praying for a divorce on account of the alleged desertion, and for the custody of two minor children, Harriet F. Butler, aged eight years, and J. Jarvis Butler, aged three years, born of the marriage.

Voluminous depositions were taken on the issues thus joined, and on the 30th of March, 1925, the court…