Smith v. Smith

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for divorce by appellant, ■Clarence Smith, against appellee, Pearlie ■Smith, on the grounds of voluntary abandonment. Appellee denied that the abandonment was voluntary, claiming she left home because of her husband’s threats and abuse. She also filed a cross complaint to have set aside a deed which she executed 'to her husband on the ground that it was ■procured by threats of force and coercion. After hearing the evidence ore tenus, the trial judge entered a decree denying the divorce to the- appellant husband and setting aside the conveyance.

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