ABBOTT v. STATE


231 S.W.2d 355 (1950)

ABBOTT v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughie Ragan, of Jackson, for plaintiff in error.

J. Malcolm Shull, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


PREWITT, Justice.

This is an appeal from conviction of nonsupport and order of the trial court requiring defendant to pay his wife $15 per week.

We have carefully reviewed the testimony and find that defendant's wife, Mrs. Ann Abbott, was warranted in separating from him. Mrs. Abbott's testimony that she has heart trouble and unable to earn a living, is corroborated by the testimony of the woman with whom she was rooming and boarding.

The trial judge...

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