Williams v. Williams

The Chief-Justice delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellee sued appellant for a divorce on the grounds -of extreme cruelty and the habitual indulgence of violent .and ungovernable temper. Appellant in his answer denied .all the materia] allegations of the bill, and subsequently filed his cross bill praying for a divorce from appellee on just the same grounds, and also on the ground of desertion. The answer of appellee to this cross-bill denied its material .allegations. The trial on the evidence taken resulted in a decree of divorce for appellee and in the dismissal of the •cross-bill…