Tennessee Supreme Court April 20, 1948 (Jackson v. Jackson)

Mr. Justice Bailor

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In August 1944 Eburt Silas Jackson filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Davidson County, seeking an absolute divorce from his wife, Elsie Leone White Jackson, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. After this suit was filed, the defendant was adjudged to be a person of unsound mind and committed to the Central State Hospital.