Williams v. Williams

— On April 21st, 1926, John H. Williams brought this action to obtain an absolute divorce from Mattie L. Williams, his wife, alleging that the latter had wilfully deserted him on or about April 10th, 1925; also, that defendant had been guilty of excesses, cruelty and outrages towards plaintiff. To this complaint the defendant filed an answer, pleading in bar to plaintiff’s cause of action a judgment of separation from bed and board entered in her favor on December 18th, 1924, upon the grounds of desertion and cruelty. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and upon its conclusion…