Ward v. Ward

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

This is a divorce proceeding filed by the appellant and plaintiff below, G-. C. Ward, the husband, against the appellee and defendant below, Fannie Ward, his wife. The sole ground relied on in the petition was “living apart without cohabitation for five consecutive years next” before the filing of the petition. The answer expressly admitted that ground and by counterclaim defendant sought a divorce from plaintiff and averred that they were married on June 8, 1904, and separated, on July 11, 1911, and that plaintiff “for more than six months next…