Gaillard v. Gaillard
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Tippah county; Hon. Hugh R. Miller, judge. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clayton
This is a bill filed in the circuit court of Tippah county, to obtain a divorce, on the ground of “ wilful, continued, and obstinate desertion,” for the term of three years.
The proof fully establishes a separation of more than three years, but within that period there was a temporary reconcili-' ation, and the parties lived together as man and wife for some ten days. The case involves simply a - construction of the statute, and all the other matter in the voluminous record in regard to the disputes, and bickerings, and difficulties of the parties is extraneous.
The statute makes “ wilful,…
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