Schwalb v. Schwalb

This case involves a contested divorce suit with a cross bill for separate maintenance, appealed from the Chancery Court of Madison County, Tennessee. As the appellant was the complainant or petitioner in the lower court, the parties will, for convenience, be styled as complainant and defendant, or by their names, Mr. Schwalb and Mrs. Schwalb. There was a cross bill by Mrs. Schwalb seeking a decree for separate maintenance. The Chancellor, exercising his inherent authority, sustained the cross bill and allowed separate maintenance to Mrs. Schwalb, as cross complainant, bnt not on the grounds…