Bannister v. Bannister

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

As we gather from the record, Ivory Bannister and Carrie Nix were married on March 10, 1892, and lived together thereafter for some time at Orangeburg, S. C., where a son, Fred Bannister, the respondent in this case, was born to them. About 2 years after the marriage they separated, and Carrie went back to her former home in Blackville, about 40 miles from Orangeburg. Subsequently, on May 4, 1900, Ivory married Mary Watt, who was then about 17 years of age. Ivory’s first wife was alive at the time of the second marriage, and lived…