Atkins v. Atkins

MERRILL, Justice.

Lessie Atkins filed a bill of complaint against her husband, Ottis Atkins, for a divorce, charging him, among other things, with cruelty. No question of alimony or custody of children was involved. The trial court granted the divorce on the ground of cruelty.

Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the decree.

The parties are mature adults. They have four living children, all of whom are over twenty-one except a boy, nineteen, who lives and works away from home.

Lessie Atkins testified that respondent had hit and slapped her, had drawn a knife on her and…