Anderson v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Georgia
., Divorce. ■ Before ■ Judge Charltop. , Chatham superior court. August 14, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
The action was for divorce by Mrs. Lillie 0. Anderson against her husband, Walter A. Anderson, on the grounds of cruel treatment and habitual intoxication. The defendant filed a cross-libel, praying that he he granted a divorce on the ground of the wife’s adultery. The court refused to allow the wife to testify to any fact tending to support her petition, upon the ground that the defendant’s cross-libel, being based on a charge of adultery, rendered her an incompetent witness; and for the same reason refused to allow her to testify denying the charges of adultery set out in the cross-libel. A…
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