Ward v. Ward

Conley Byrd, Justice.

The issue of adultery in this divorce case between appellant Anderson J. Ward and appellee Cora H. Ward resolves itself into a swearing match between Cora and her alleged paramour on one side and Anderson and his alleged detective Tom Burke on the other side.

The proof in the record is rather cogent to show that Anderson was either having an affair with a teenage blonde or at least an infatuation. One witness described a scene in which the girl was seen sitting on his lap and kissing him. Several witnesses testified that Anderson and the blonde usually arrived together at…