State Ex Rel. Watson v. Rodgers

Riley, Judge:

In this original proceeding in prohibition, the relator, Charles M. Watson, prays that the Honorable Decatur H. Rodgers, Judge of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, be prohibited from proceeding further in a suit for divorce in which the relator is the plaintiff and Beatrice V. Watson the defendant. The case was submitted to this Court upon relator’s petition and Judge Rodgers’ answer.

On June 29, 1946, Beatrice V. Watson filed her bill of complant in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, praying that she be granted a divorce from the relator. A…