Boyd v. Boyd

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellant filed a bill of complaint seeking a divorce from appellee, his wife on the ground of voluntary abandonment. We affirmed a decree overruling the demurrer to the bill in 266 Ala. 477, 97 So.2d 581. Appellee subsquently filed a cross-bill charging appellant with voluntary abandonment, seeking custody of their child and alimony.

*410At the trial, the only two witnesses were the husband and wife. The trial court granted the divorce, awarded custody of the child to the wife, and made an award of $175 per month for the support of the wife and child. The husband has appealed.

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