Backus v. Backus

The parties to this appeal were married in 1929, and lived together at the home of the husband’s mother in Baltimore until November, 1930, when they separated. After that he continued to live with his mother, while she found a home elsewhere.

In October, 1931, she filed a bill for a limited divorce against him in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City on the grounds of desertion and failure to contribute sufficiently to her support. The husband, John George Backus, filed an answer denying those charges, and the case came on for a hearing on the issues thus made. In the course of the hearing the…