Nichols v. Nichols

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

■ Alice Nichols sued her husband for divorce and alimony on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. He counterclaimed for divorce on the ground of fraud, charging that prior to their marriage, .she was unchaste and falsely represented to him that she was chaste. A decree' was rendered denying plaintiff the relief prayed for, but granting a divorce to defendant for the cause named in his counterclaim. Plaintiff appeals.

Though without power to reverse a decree of divorce, we may review the evidence for the purpose of…