Case Title: Latham v. Karger

Citation: 103 So. 2d 336

Docket Number: 

State: alabama

Court: Alabama Supreme Court

Date: 1958-05-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
103 So. 2d 336 (1958)
Mrs. Norvell LATHAM
v.
Mrs. Elfrieda R. KARGER.
6 Div. 223.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
May 29, 1958.
Sirote, Permutt, Friend & Friedman, Birmingham, for appellant.
Crampton Harris and Geo. S. Brown, Birmingham, for appellee.
MERRILL, Justice.
Appeal from a decree overruling demurrer to the bill of complaint of Mrs. Karger, which seeks to have appellant enjoined from alienating or attempting to alienate the affections of Robert F. Karger for his wife, and to have her enjoined from visiting or associating with Karger, and from accepting, receiving or retaining any gifts or favors from Karger.
The lower court followed our case of Henley v. Rockett, 243 Ala. 172, 8 So. 2d 852, where it was said:
Appellant's main insistence is that the Henley case, which permits a wife to enjoin another woman from alienating her husband's affections, is unsound. We are not convinced that the decision of the Henley case should be overturned.
It is also argued that appellee is guilty of laches because she waited three years to file her bill. Appellee and her husband have been married over forty years, and the bill alleges that Karger became acquainted with appellant in February, 1954, and that Karger no longer manifests affection for appellee nor interest in their married life. We do not think the fact that the appellee did not file her bill until August, 1957, some three and one-half years after Karger met appellant, bars the suit because of laches.
Finally, appellant argues that the appellee "has not alleged facts sufficient to show that appellant was or is alienating the affections of appellee's husband." It is only necessary to allege facts, not evidence or conclusions. Frederick v. Hartley, 202 Ala. 43, 79 So. 381. We think the allegations of the bill are adequate to meet appellant's objections.
It follows that the decree of the lower court should be affirmed.
Affirmed.
LIVINGSTON, C. J., and LAWSON, GOODWYN and COLEMAN, JJ., concur.