Lewis v. Lewis

SIMS, Justice.

W. W. Lewis sued his wife for divorce on three grounds; 1. The marriage was obtained by “force, duress or fraud”; 2. cruel and inhuman treatment; 3. attempted injury and threats by the wife to do him great bodily harm. Mrs. Lewis’ answer was a denial, followed by a counter-claim wherein she charged her husband with cruel and inhuman treatment and sought $50,000 alimony, $500 per month maintenance and a reasonable attorney’s fee, but she did not ask for divorce. The chancellor granted the husband a divorce, refused the wife alimony and maintenance 'but adjudged that the 'husband…