Simmons v. Simmons

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

Appellant and appellee were married in 1912 and lived together as husband and wife until 1916, when the wife, appellee, M. L. Simmons, instituted an action in the Ballard circuit court against her husband, B. B. Simmons, for divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhumau treatment. She also sought in the. same action the custody of their little daughter, the only child of their marriage. The ease being prepared and submitted, an absolute divorce was decreed the wife and she was also awarded alimony in the .sum of $1,000.00 and the custody of the…