Douglas v. Douglas

This is a divorce suit before this Court on petitions of both parties for writs of certiorari. The trial court granted divorce to the husband on the ground of desertion for two whole years. The Court of Appeals has reversed that decree because of the exclusion in the trial court of testimony of the wife to the effect that her withdrawal was forced by the cruel and inhuman treatment of the husband. This is complained of in the petition of the husband. The testimony of the wife was excluded by the trial court on the theory that the facts proposed to be proven had been formerly adjudicated…