Mitcham v. Mitcham

LONG, Justice.

The parties will carry the same designation here as in the trial court. Plaintiff, G. P. Mitcham, Jr., instituted this suit against defendant, Jane Mitcham, his wife, for divorce on the ground of cruel treatment and asked the custody of their two children, a girl ten years of age and a boy two years of age. The defendant answered by general denial and asked in the event a divorce was granted that she be awarded the custody of the children and that suitable provisions be made for their support and maintenance. She further alleged that the father of the plaintiff had recently died…