Rigsby v. Rigsby

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Ratlipp

Affirming in part and reversing in part.

Cecil Rigsby, plaintiff below, filed this action in the Carter circuit court against his wife, Anna Rigsby, for a divorce. He charged her with acts of adultery and lewd and lascivious conduct. Defendant filed her answer and counterclaim denying the allegations of the petition and pleaded that plaintiff had been guilty of such cruel and inhuman treatment of her for a period of more than six months, which was continuous and habitual, and such as to destroy permanently her peace and happiness and indicate a settled…