Evitt v. Evitt

Mrs. Harriet Evitt brought her suit against A. L. Evitt for temporary and permanent alimony. The petitioner and defendant had been married since the year 1886, and lived together as husband and wife until recently. They had eight children; all had attained their majority except one. It is alleged in the petition that the husband and wife are now living in a bona fide state of separation. The petitioner left the defendant, and alleges as grounds for leaving him acts of cruel treatment upon his part and existing adulterous relations between him and another woman. In his answer the husband…