Trough v. Trough
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Braxton County. Bill by Virginia B. Trough against Bichard L. Trough.Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
This is a suit by Virginia B. Trough versus Bichard L. Trough for a divorce. The bill contains a charge of adultery and also desertion, though the desertion is not for a period to call for an absolute divorce from the bond of matrimony. The special prayer of the bill is for absolute divorce, which was granted, and the defendant appealed.
Demurrer. There is much argumentation upon a demurrer to the bill, based on the claim that the bill does not name the woman with whom the defendant committed adultery, nor does it give time, place and circumstance, and thus wants legal…
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