Wilson v. Wilson

The plaintiff-husband in a divorce suit has appealed from a final decree entered by the Circuit Court for Columbia County denying the plaintiff’s prayer for divorce but granting the defendant-wife’s counterclaim for alimony unconnected with divorce.

The basic question presented for our determination in this appeal is whether the chancellor abused his judicial discretion in entering the said decree.

Such determination depends upon the legal sufficiency of the evidence adduced by the parties before the chancellor. As an appellate court we are not authorized to re-weight that evidence and…