Shepherd v. Shepherd

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hurt

Reversing in part.

The appellee, Jack Shepherd, "being dissatisfied with a marriage, which he entered into with the appellant, Willie Shepherd, on the 28th day of July, 1915, instituted this action for a divorce, alleging as the grounds for the divorce, that the marriage was obtained by duress, per minas, imposed upon him by the father of appellant and presumably with her., connivance. The ground relied upon is a statutory one, which is provided by one of the provisions of section 2117, Ky. Statutes, which authorizes a court of general jurisdiction to grant a…