Scott v. Scott

The plaintiff in error brought libel for divorce

against the defendant in error; and after a second verdict in favor of petitioner, granting her a total divorce and awarding a stated .amount of alimony, a decree was entered in due course based upon the verdict. In the decree based upon the verdict rendered by the jury, and in pursuance of the authority vested in the court under the provisions of section 2971 of the Civil Code, and the exercise of the discretion with which that section clothes the court, the court awarded the custody of the minor child, a female, to the petitioner in the suit…