McCoy v. McCoy

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1917, and continued to live together as husband and wife until July, 1944. There are eight children, the two younger children being respectively, 14 and 16 years of age at the present time. On Novem ber 10, 1944, plaintiff filed suit for divorce on grounds of extreme and repeated cruelty. Defendant filed an answer to the bill but subsequently withdrew it. On the trial, however, he was called for cross-examination and testified at some length as to his property and earnings. Following the hearing the trial judge rendered a decree, filed May 1, 1946,…