Rootes v. Thomas

From the chancery court of, second district,, Tallahatchie county. Hon. Julian O. Wilson, Chancellor. Mrs. Thomas, the appellee, was the complainant in the court below; Bootes, the appellant, was defendant there. From a decree in favor of the complainant the defendant appealed to the supreme court. Mrs. Thomas, then Mrs. McDowell, a young widow, promised to marry Mr. Bootes, but without giving him notice changed her mind and married one Penn Thomas.