Blackmon v. Blackmon

Appellant sued appellee for divorce, alleging abandonment and cruel treatment. Appellee contested the suit. The case was tried to the court without a jury, and the'divorce was denied. From this judgment he has appealed, and asks this court to grant the divorce.

Both appellant and appellee testified. She either positively denied or reasonably explained the charges made by him. There was evidence strongly indicating that appellant abandoned appellee, rather than that she ábandoned him. Numerous letters are also in the record, contradicting and discrediting appellant’s testimony. It was the…