Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) May 26, 1925 (Lowry v. Lowry)

Opinion o.f the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

Originally this was an action for divorce and alimony. The wife instituted the suit and was decreed a divorce and the custody of their' infant' child. The grounds alleged in the petition were cruel and inhuman treatment. She proved by more than one witness that on at least two separate occasions her husband had cruelly struck and beat her.