Bockman v. Bockman

December 6, 1941, appellee, James Bock-man, filed suit for divorce in the Phillips chancery court. Separation without cohabitation for three years, in accordance with the seventh subdivision of § 2 of Act 20 of 1939, was the only ground for divorce alleged by appellee. Appellant answered, specifically denying separation within the meaning of the statute, and asked that appellee’s complaint be dismissed for-want of equity, and for attorney’s fees. From a decree granting appellee a divorce, comes this appeal.

It is undisputed that the parties here were married December 24, 1925, and lived…