Powell v. Powell

GLADNEY, Judge.

The petitioner, Lou Gene Dickerson Powell, instituted this suit against her husband, Jesse William Powell, alleging abandonment as of March 13, 1962, and she prayed for a judgment of separation, custody of the minor child of the marriage, for alimony, and a dissolution of the community. During the course of the trial plaintiff testified that her husband left her because she refused to quit working and he gave her a choice of either quitting or he would leave. She further testified that it was necessary for her to work because of their financial condition. In refusing to decree…