Dade v. Dade

Candler, Justice.

On May 31, 1952, Ralph E. Dade sued Dorothy Laird Dade in Fulton County for divorce, alleging cruel treatment as his ground therefor. Answering the petition, the defendant denied its alleged acts of cruelty, and by cross-action, in which she prayed for divorce and alimony, alleged that the plaintiff was guilty of habitual intoxication and of wilfully inflicting acts of cruelty on her. The defendant later amended her cross-action by alleging that she had paid stated amounts of the purchase money for certain lands which she and the plaintiff had acquired together but in his…