Baker v. Coleman

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Reversing.

Stella Thornsberry and Charles Coleman were married April 7, 1923; she was then 20 years old and he was 18. After living together about four months, they separated. On January 17, 1924, their child, Edwin Gray Coleman, was born. A reconciliation then occurred, and she returned to her husband. But they soon separated again, and on December 18, 1924, she filed an action for divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. The grounds of divorce were clearly proved, and on April 23, 1925, she was granted a divorce, but nothing was said in…