Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-05-27
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

TO tie Sherry or dny Constable Of Dd!lds
Comy,-GRfErlNo -
WHEREAS, THOMAS 8. HUCKABAY
w did, upon the 9th day of May, 1871,
file in the Clerks Office of the District
Court of Dallas County, Texas, his petition
against ELIZA C. HUCKABAy, duly sup
ported by atfi lavit to the effect that said
Eli1s e. Huckabay is not resident of the
State Of Texas You are therefore hereby
commanded that you by making publica-
ton Of this writ In some newspaper pub
lisheti In the County of Dallas, if there be
one published In said county, but if not
then in the nearest county where a news
paper ID published, for four weeks previ-
Gus to the return day hereof, summon
Eliza c. uuckabay, who is not resident
of this State to be and appear before the
Honorable District Court to be holden in
and for the County of Dallas in the State
Of Texas, at the Court House, in the town
Of Dallas, on the first Monday in June
next then and there TO answer the petition
Of Thomas s. Hnckabay, filed in said court
against said Eliza C. linckaby: the gene
raj nature and object Of which said petition
is to obtain Divorce from the said Eliza
G. Huckabay, and alleging in substance in
said petition as follows THAT said Tho
mas s. and Eliza C. Huekabay we've legally
married on the Goth day of July 1S47, and
that they lived together as man and wlfs
until the 9th day of October, 1870, at which
said last date said Eliza abandoned him
without the intention Of ever returning,
and with that intention has ever since
lived separate and apart from him; that
during the entire time In which they lived
together as man and wife, that he did and
performed all the duties and obligations of
q faithful and affectionate husband, and
at all times treated her with great kind
ness and affection; but she, disregarding
her marriage VOWS and duties as a faithful,
loving and affectionate wife, was from and
after the LIST day Of May, 1865, until the
said date of final separation, guilty Of ex-
cesses, cruel treatment and outrages, tow
ard bin to such an extent, and that said
ili-trcatment was of such a nature as to
reuder his life insupportable; that said
excuses, cruel treatment aud outrages con-
sisted, in part, Of series of studied vex-
Ations, Insults and provocstions, repeated,
designed and wilful neglects; that she
habitually refused to ride to church
with him and his and her children, hut
would walk and tell neighbors, friends and
relatives thst he refused to let her ride
thai she told such to Mrs. Martha Stone
and to other persons; that she habtually
and cautiously interfered with all the
trades, or sales Of stock or provisions
which he made or sold, and threatened to
sue him and parties with whom he dealt
for the recovery Of the property or provis-
ions; that she threatened TO sue him and
Wiley Worley for the recovery Of an ami
NAL so sold to Morley; that she took de-
light in quarrelling with and insulting
him in the presence and hearing Of their
children, neighbors and relatives, charg-
ing him with ineompetency to manage his
own affairs; that they only had two living
children, son and daughter; that she
frequently, in the presence Of her daugh- |
ter and son and others, charged rim with |
Illicit intercourse with one Mrs. Due and 1
one Mrs. Irving and several negro women;
that she made the same charges In the
presence and hearing Of the neighbOrs,
friends ond relatives; that she refused 10
conc 10 the State Of Texas with him, al |
though their children we're both removing /
TO Texas, giving publicly as q reason that
she had better friends remaining in Ten
nessee than be or .ihslnsaldren were to
her.