Lanier v. Lanier
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HARDEMAN. Appeal from Judgment of Circuit Court refusing to grant divorce. T. J. Flippin, J. 1. In this case we show that defendant has abandoned complainant, without reasonable cause, for more than two years, willfully and maliciously, and upon this state of facts the Court could not refuse the divorce: Code, s. 2448; sub-s. 4. 2. That from the circumstances connected with her abandonment of him, he was relieved of the duty (if indeed such duty rest upon him at all) of…
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FROM HARDEMAN. Appeal from Judgment of Circuit Court refusing to grant divorce. T. J. Flippin, J. 1. In this case we show that defendant has abandoned complainant, without reasonable cause, for more than two years, willfully and maliciously, and upon this state of facts the Court could not refuse the divorce: Code, s. 2448; sub-s. 4. 2. That from the circumstances connected with her abandonment of him, he was relieved of the duty (if indeed such duty rest upon him at all) of using any efforts whatever to procure her return: Payne v. Payne, 4 Hum., 502. 4. In this cause we show that the…
1Opinion of the CourtNelsoN, J.
"We are at a loss to discover upon what ground the Circuit Judge arrived at the conclusion that the proof in this case does not entitle complainant to a divorce. He alleges in his bill, among other charges not proven, that he married the defendant in April, 1866; that they lived together about two months, when she attempted to poison him with arsenic; that she left him while he was sick and has willfully and maliciously deserted and abandoned him, without any just cause, for more than two whole years before the filing of the bill. Rebecca Lanier, the sister of complainant, proves that the…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Abney v. AbneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
- Steele v. SteeleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1966