Stafford v. Stafford
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Victoria. Tried below before the Hon. T. C. Barden. Mrs. Ellen E. Stafford, brought suit against her husband, John L. Stafford, for divorce, on the ground of cruel treatment. The instances of cruelty charged were numerous, and the verdict of the jury found most of the allegations of cruelty to be true. On the trial, Mrs. Stafford testified as a witness in regard to the acts of cruelty alleged.
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Error from Victoria. Tried below before the Hon. T. C. Barden. Mrs. Ellen E. Stafford, brought suit against her husband, John L. Stafford, for divorce, on the ground of cruel treatment. The instances of cruelty charged were numerous, and the verdict of the jury found most of the allegations of cruelty to be true. On the trial, Mrs. Stafford testified as a witness in regard to the acts of cruelty alleged. The action of the court overruling the objection to her testimony, based on her not being a competent witness under the statute, was assigned for error. Deeds were executed by Stafford to his…
1Opinion of the Court
Devine, Associate Justice.
— The plaintiff in error brought a suit in the District Court of Victoria county to *114obtain a divorce from defendant in error, on the alleged ground of cruel treatment. A verdict was rendered, and judgment entered decreeing a divorce in her favor, and alloting to her certain property in Victoria county, from which judgment she has sued out a* writ of error to this court. The defendant, John F. Stafford, has likewise assigned errors.
It is not necessary, so far as plaintiff’s rights are concerned, to notice her exceptions taken or assignment of errors, as it is admitted…
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