Davis v. Davis

51 So.2d 876 (1951)

DAVIS

v.

DAVIS.

4 Div. 636.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 1, 1951.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1951.

Patterson & Patterson, of Phenix City, for appellant.

Smith & Smith, of Phenix City, for appellee.

SIMPSON, Justice.

This case is here to review a decree in a suit by the wife against the husband for divorce on the ground of cruelty, in which she prayed for alimony, solicitors' fees and the custody of their two-year-old daughter.

The husband defended on the ground that a prior divorce decree in the State of Georgia in favor of his wife against a former husband was void; that therefore…