Taylor v. Taylor

Haymond, Judge :

The challenge of the plaintiff, the appellant, to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Mercer County to entertain this suit for divorce, instituted by him in that court, against his wife, defendant and appellee, on March 6, 1944, presents for decision the principal question on this appeal. Plaintiff seeks a divorce on the ground of adultery. The answer- and cross-bill of the defendant charge plaintiff with habitual drunkenness and cruel or inhuman treatment. By final decree entered in the case on January 3, 1945, the Circuit Court overruled the motion of the plaintiff to…