Fischli v. Fischli

D. Fischli filed her bill in chancery in the Clark Circuit Court, showing that in the year 1817 she intermarried with J. Fischli, to whom she performed the duties of an obedient, affectionate wife; but that he deserted her a few days after the marriage, with the intention of abandonment for more than two years. That he neglected and refused to provide for her support, treated her with severity, and unjustly aspersed her character. That she applied to the Jefferson Circuit Court, in the state of Kentucky, and, by the decree of the said Court, obtained a divorce from her said husband, and a…