Compton v. Compton

This appeal turns upon two bills of exceptions to the rejection of evidence, which substantially involve the same point.

On the trial, the defendant offered witnesses to prove, that the plaintiff, since the institution of this suit, committed an act of adultery with John A. Stiphens, and also, that plaintiff, at the time of this trial (6th May, 1854), is in a state of pregnancy.

The plaintiff sues the defendant for separation of bed and board, on the ground of illtreatment, by beating her, and turning her and her children out of doors, and neglecting to provide for their subsistence; also on…