Pile v. Pile
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 50 — PETITION EQUITY — The plaintiff is entitled to a divorce upon any one of three grounds: Such impotency of the wife as prevents sexual intercourse; living apart without cohabitation for five years; contracting a loathsome disease.after marriage.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant filed his petition in equity seeking a divorce from his wife on the ground of lunacy and an abandonment for five years, alleging that she is now confined in the lunatic asylum at Hopkinsville. He offers to surrender to the chancellor for the wife, such part of his estate, real and personal, as may be deemed necessary for her support and maintenance, but wants an absolute divorce.
It is stated in his petition that after their marriage they lived happily together for several years, when an unfortunate condition of her mind developed,…
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