13 Tex. 468 | Tex. | 1855
This was a suit brought by the defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error, for' a divorce from the
There is, however, another objection to the sufficiency of the evidence, more important because it goes to the grounds of the suit, the criminality of the defendant. The charge of adultery was not proven positively but by one witness, and to the disgrace of manhood, that witness the alleged paramour
Such being the effect of permitting such persons to take the witnesses stand, when it is conceded that he was barely admissible, and entitled to not much credit, we believe that policy forbids his being sworn at all in such eases, when the prospect of advancing the truth falls infinitely short of the evil that would be most likely to result from his swearing at all.
The decree must be reversed and the cause remanded to the Court below.
The filing the petition for a divorce, grounded upon the supposed adultery of the wife, is not, of itself, sufficient ground to support the cross-petition of the wife, praying to be divorced from her husband. If the husband should fail in Hs snitfor the divorce, and afterwards should continue to asperse
Reversed and remanded.