LeSueur v. LeSueur

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This is an appeal from a decree of divorce granted a wife on her petition for separate maintenance.

The determination of the chief issue presented requires a consideration of only the procedural facts.

The plaintiff, in her petition, named three children and mentioned an expected fourth. She listed the assets accumulated during the marriage and alleged that the defendant had been guilty of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty toward her.

The prayer was for a decree of separate maintenance; custody and control of the minor children;…