Bell v. Bell

PEDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a divorce to the plaintiff, Mrs. Libbie Bell, on the grounds of insupportability. Dr. Bell had filed a cross-action on the same grounds and had later amended it to allege that Mrs. Bell had committed adultery during the marriage. A motion to strike the allegations of adultery was granted by the trial court and Dr. Bell was ordered not to introduce evidence of it. A court-appointed master in chancery held hearings and reported his findings. The appellant filed exceptions to the master’s report but agreed to have the trial court, sitting…