A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[218] Acts (1869-70), 207, 208 (March 1).

[219] Code of Ala. (1887), 253; ibid. (1897), 491-95. The first four of these causes appear in Code (1852), 378; the fifth and sixth in the act of 1870.

[220] For interpretation of "cruelty" see 23 Alabama, 785; 27 Alabama, 222; 28 Alabama, 315; 30 Alabama, 714; 44 Alabama, 670, 698.

[221] Code of Ala. (1887), 524-26; ibid. (1897), 492. The causes of full divorce mentioned under II and III appear in Code (1852), 378.

[222] Stat. of Miss. Ter. (1816), 252-54; and act of June 15, 1822, in Code of Miss. (1848), 495, 496.

[223] Act of Feb. 13: Laws (1840), 125.

[224] Act of Feb. 14: Laws (1850), 122.

[225] Act of Nov. 29: Laws (1858), 166.

[226] Act of Feb. 9: Laws (1860), 202.

[227] Act of Jan. 29, 1862: Laws (1861-62), 246.