Ashburn v. Ashburn
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Louisiana Court of Common Pleas. — Hon. I). H. Eby, Judge. (1) The plaintiff was not entitled to a decree of divorce because the evidence did not show that she was the innocent and injured party. There was an abundance of evidence showing that her association, at various times and places, with one Neil Williams, was such as to at least give her a questionable reputation in the community in which she lived, and to create much unfavorable comment on her conduct.
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Appeal from Louisiana Court of Common Pleas. — Hon. I). H. Eby, Judge. (1) The plaintiff was not entitled to a decree of divorce because the evidence did not show that she was the innocent and injured party. There was an abundance of evidence showing that her association, at various times and places, with one Neil Williams, was such as to at least give her a questionable reputation in the community in which she lived, and to create much unfavorable comment on her conduct. This is sufficient to justify a court in refusing her a decree of divorce. Lawlor v. Lawlor, 76 Mo. App. 637. (2) The…
1Opinion of the CourtReyburn, J.
Plaintiff sued defendant for divorce, and defendant by cross-bill in turn asked the same relief. Each charged the other with intolerable indignities, and after full hearing the trial court refused a divorce to either party, and awarded plaintiff temporary alimony at rate of $25 per month pending suit, and-an allowance as attorney’s fee and for suit money, *367from which judgment and order defendant has appealed.
After an acquaintance of three months or less, the parties hereto were married, the ceremony being performed by plaintiff’s father on the fifteenth day of April, 1897, and they lived…
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- Lewis v. LewisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1838
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