Law v. Wilhite

OPINION

DYER, Chief Justice.

This case comes to this Court from the action of the trial judge sustaining a demurrer to the declaration dismissing the case. In this opinion we will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court; that is, Bruce Law and Marvin Brooks Norfleet as plaintiffs, and Joe Lynn Wil-hite as defendant. The facts admitted here upon demurrer giving rise to this action are as follows:

On September 11, 1968, Shirley Wilhite, wife of defendant, filed her suit for divorce, obtaining from the court an order restraining defendant from “harming or threatening bodily harm to…