Folsom v. Folsom

The facts are stated in the opinion of LADD, J. About October 20, 1873, William H. Folsom, this defendant, filed a libel for divorce against Sarah A. Folsom, this plaintiff, charging her with adultery, which was entered at the November term, 1873. During said November term, Sarah A. Folsom filed a cross libel against her husband, charging him with adultery with one Mary Etta Follansby, committed at Alexandria, on or about January 15, 1873, etc., and also with extreme cruelty, specifying, December 5, 1867, the throwing of a heated pipe at her, which struck her over the right eye, and inflicted…