Davis v. Davis

This is a suit for divorce brought by appellant, Herman Foster Davis, against appellee, Louise Maddux Davis. Appellee filed a cross-bill and was awarded a divorce from bed and board, custody of their infant daughter, Betty, and support for the child. From that decree this appeal was awarded and appellant seeks a reversal thereof in all particulars.

The original bill of complaint, filed September 25, 1944, charged the appellee with cruelty and constructive desertion. This bill neither sought nor prayed for the custody of the then nineteen months old child. Other pleadings which will hereinafter…