David v. David
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court at Wetumpka. Heard before the Hon. James B. Clark. This bill was filed by Mrs. Milly David against her husband, Henry P. David, seeking a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. The chancellor granted the divorce, and his decree is now assigned for error.
1Opinion of the CourtG-Oldthwaite, J.
This was a suit brought by Mrs. David against her husband to obtain a divorce, on the ground of cruel treatment. The bill contains several specific allegations of cruel treatment, commencing in 1844, and continuing into 1847, when she separated from him, It is unnecessary to refer particularly to any of the specific allegations, which are stated as having occurred before the years 1846 or 1847, as there is no evidence to sustain them. It is charged, however, that in 1846, or 1847, he struck her several blows with a stick, and choked her ; and this charge is, we think, substantially made out…
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