I. H. Hayes v. A. E. Hayes

TERRELL, J. -- Appellant, I. H. Hayes, who was complainant below, filed his amended bill praying a dissolution of the marriage bond existing between himself and defendant, Abbie E. Hayes. The grounds for the prayer being extreme cruelty and ""habitual intemperance in that she habitually and continuously indulged in the use of narcotic drugs to excess, and indulged in such habit until she became a victim thereof, and until the effect of the excessive use of such drugs rendered the defendant unable and unfit to perform the duties and obligations of a wife, and rendered the continuance of the marital relation between them intolerable and impractical.""