Bateman v. Bateman

The defendant filed a demurrer ore terms upon the reading' of the pleadings upon the ground that the complaint did not' state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action in that it was not alleged that the husband separated himself from the wife and failed to provide her with the necessary subsistence according to his means and condition in life or that he had become a spendthrift or a drunkard or was guilty of any misconduct or act that constituted grounds for divorce, either absolute or from bed and board.

His Honor overruled the demurrer and this Court is in agreement with that ruling.…