Rierson v. Rierson

Maxwell, Judge:

In a suit for divorce by the wife against her husband, the circuit court of Mercer county awarded her a divorce from the bonds of matrimony on the ground of the husband’s adultery, and! awarded the only child of the marriage, a boy of about four years, to the defendant, with the requirement imposed that the child remain with defendant’s father, Dr. N. E. Rierson, at his home at Bluefield, West Virginia. The mother complains of this disposition of the custody of the child, and prosecutes this appeal.

The record does not establish improper conduct on the part of the plaintiff. It…