John Chambers seeks a divorce from his wife Lucretia Chambers. John states that he married Lucretia in January 1840 and "that in the midst of the well attested affection & kind treatment of your orator, the said Lucretia--for reasons, (if she had any) wholy unknown to your orator, became dissattisfied and extremely perverse, and finally on the 9th October A.D. 1840, or thereabouts left the bed and board of your orator." The petitioner states adamantly that "since about the 9th October A.D. 1840, he has had no intercourse with the said Lucretia," yet "said Lucretia gave birth to a child, about the 16th of October A.D. 1842." The complainant concludes that his wife "lost all self respect and rushed madly into the embraces of vice," being "guilty of the most libidinous and disgusting conduct." Two weeks earlier, Lucretia Chambers had filed for divorce, accusing her husband of cruelty and adultery.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: County Courthouse, Columbiana, Alabama
