Case Name: Mary Margaret Landers COX, Respondent v. James Harold COX, Appellant
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1988-10-24
Citations: 296 S.C. 414
Docket Number: 1223
Parties: Mary Margaret Landers COX, Respondent v. James Harold COX, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 296
Pages: 414–415

Head Matter:
1223
Mary Margaret Landers COX, Respondent v. James Harold COX, Appellant.
(373 S. E. (2d) 694)
Court of Appeals
W. N. Epps, Jr., of Epps, Krause & Nicholson, Anderson, for appellant.
Richard E. Thompson, of Lowery, Hood & Thompson, Anderson, for respondent.
Heard Sept. 14, 1988.
Decided Oct. 24, 1988.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This is a divorce case. James Harold Cox (the husband) appeals the trial judge's failure to find Mary Margaret Landers Cox (the wife) guilty of adultery and consequent failure to bar her from alimony.
There is conflicting testimony as to whether the wife committed adultery. The wife denied the conduct alleged by other witnesses, and the trial court found the evidence of adultery insufficient. Although we have jurisdiction in divorce cases to find facts based on our own view of the evidence, we are not required to disregard the findings of the trial judge who saw and heard the witnesses and was in a better position than we are to evaluate their testimony. Cartee v. Cartee, 295 S. C. 103, 366 S. E. (2d) 269 (Ct. App. 1988).
With this principle in mind, however, we have reviewed carefully the record before us and concur with the findings of the trial judge.
For this reason, the appealed order is affirmed.
Affirmed.