Hensley v. Hensley

Pauline M. Hensley, in her bill for divorce, charged her husband, Oliver Gordon Hensley, with non-support, cruelty and desertion. The husband filed no answer to the bill and made no appearance when the depositions were taken. From a decree denying the divorce complainant obtained this appeal.

The uncontradicted testimony shows that when the parties were married on April 27, 1955, the wife was a widow 47 years of age; the husband was divorced and 41 years of age. Immediately after the marriage the husband moved into his wife’s home and lived there until June 6, 1955. During that time he…