Glover v. Glover
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Chancery Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. A. Crenshaw. 1. The wife may maintain her bill upon the abandonment and ill usage of her husband as a bill standing alone on this ground, and not incidental to a Bill for divorce or the execution of a contract to settle.
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Error to the Chancery Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. A. Crenshaw. 1. The wife may maintain her bill upon the abandonment and ill usage of her husband as a bill standing alone on this ground, and not incidental to a Bill for divorce or the execution of a contract to settle. Almond v. Almond, 4 Rand. 662; Purcell v. Purcell, 4 Hen. & Mun. 507; Watkyns v. Watkyns; 3 Atk. 96; Williams v. Callow, 2 Vern. 752; Duncan v. Duncan, 2 Yes. 396, and cases cited; Prather v. Prather, 4 Des. 83; ib. 183; Butler v. Butler, 4 Lit. 202; Thornberry v. Thorn-berry, 2 J. J. Marshall, 324; Knight v.…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
This was a bill filed by the plaintiff in error against the defendant Bradley S. Glover, her husband, to obtain a decree for alimony. The bill, which is fully sustained by the proof, alleges that the parties were married and resided for many years in the State of Virginia, in which State the complainant still resides; that the defendant treated her most cruelly, and drove her from his residence, forbiding her return, and that notwithstanding he has property adequate to their mutual support, he failed to make any provision for her maintenance, but absconded from the State of Virginia, leaving…
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