Dockins v. Dockins

This action was instituted by the plaintiff against the defendant to obtain a decree of separate maintenance, the custody of two minor children, the issue of the marriage and a reasonable allowance for the support of the plaintiff and the children. Plaintiff bases her cause of action upon desertion. The defendant answered denying generally and specially the allegations of the plaintiff’s complaint, and by way of cross-complaint prayed for an absolute divorce upon grounds of desertion and cruelty. Upon reply filed to the answer and cross-complaint, denying the new matter in the answer, the…