Hewitt v. Hewitt

Maxwell, President:

This is an appeal by the defendant from a decree of the circuit court of Marshall County granting the plaintiff an absolute divorce from the defendant on the ground of desertion.

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1909. Children born to their union were reared to maturity before the parties separated. The defendant left the family home March 29, 1934. She took the position that her departure was justified by alleged cruel treatment of her by her husband.

On July 25, 1935, she sued her husband in the stated court for separate maintenance, on the ground of cruel and…