Champion v. Champion

BRADLEY, Judge.

The appeal to this court is from a decree of the trial court denying a divorce to either party because of their misconduct.

Appellant sued appellee for divorce on the ground of cruelty; appellee countered by filing a cross-bill seeking a divorce on the grounds of voluntary abandonment, cruelty and adultery.

The trial court found that appellee had been guilty of cruelty and that appellant had been guilty of adultery, and because of the misconduct on the part of each party, the trial court, pursuant to the doctrine of recrimination, refused to grant a divorce to either party.…