Hooks v. Hooks

WALTHALL, Justice. •

Plaintiff in error brought this suit against defendant in error for divorce, for the custody of their two children, for support and maintenance of the children, to have the homestead set apart for use of plaintiff in error and the children, for attorney’s fees, and general relief.

The grounds alleged for divorce are general' acts of cruelty toward her, and tnat defendant in error threatened her with a pistol. Defendant in error filed an answer and a cross action. The case was tried without a jury, the court by decree dissolved the bonds of matrimony existing between -…