Hicks v. Hicks

167 S.E.2d 761 (1969)

275 N.C. 370

Cyrus N. HICKS, Appellee,

v.

Juanita J. HICKS, Appellant.

No. 29.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 18, 1969.

David P. Mast, Jr., Winston-Salem, for plaintiff appellee.

Booe, Mitchell, Goodson & Shugart, Winston-Salem, for defendant appellant.

BRANCH, Judge.

The question presented to this Court for decision is whether plaintiff husband may testify as to the adultery of defendant wife to explain his separation from defendant and to establish a defense in bar of her cross-action based on N.C.Gen.Stat. § 50-16.

The allegations in defendant's amended cross-action were…