Musick v. Musick
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Russell county, rendered March 14th, 1888, in the cause wherein Bessie Musick was complainant and Elexions Musick, her husband, was defendant. The objects of the suit were a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, also the allowance of alimony and attorney’s fee. The grounds alleged were adultery and desertion. The decree was in accordance with the prayer of the bill, and the defendant appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The facts of the case are, briefly, that the complainant below was a female infant of tender years, living at her father’s house, of pure and chaste character, life and repute, when the *13defendant, a young man of good standing, resident in the neighborhood, sought and- obtained an engagement of marriage with her, and, suiting his movements to his opportunities, under promise of marriage seduced and ruined her; that he then, dreading the consequences and fearing punishment for his crime, sought and obtained from her father and herself consent to an immediate marriage, as the best, and only…
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