Troutt v. Troutt

TIPTON, Sp. J.

The petitioner, Frances Parker Troutt, sued the defendant, Cecil Troutt, in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, seeking a divorce from him on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, the bill alleging, in addition to charges of neglect, that the defendant stayed out late at night and was keeping company with other women, and also seeking alimony and counsel fees out of the property of the defendant.

The defendant answered, denying the charges of neglect set out in the bill and also denying that he had been keeping company with other women, the answer averring that such charge…