Smithston v. Smithston
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. IioN. O. B. Taylor, Chancellor. Bill for divorce by W. W. Smithston against Meta W. Smithston, From a decree for complainant, but awarding defendant alimony, defendant appeals and complainant cross appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
Appellee exhibited his hill of complaint in the chancery court of Hinds.county against the appellant, his wife, seeking a divorce from the bonds of matrimony upon the alleged cause of “habitual and excessive use of opium, morphine, or other like drug.” Appellant answered the bill of complaint, denying the allegations of the bill. The evidence introduced on behalf of the complainant supported the allegations of the bill that respondent, for eight years prior to the separation of complainant and respondent, which separation occurred August 3, 1924, was addicted to the habitual and excessive use…
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