Allen v. Allen

The present suit is an application for divorce, filed by the appellee, charging abandonment by appellant, her husband, for two years next preceding the filing of her bill — January 8th, 1885. The answer denies the charge of abandonment, and sets up in defense that complainant abandoned him. Many witnesses were examined, but the proof is very unsatisfactory. Much, if not most of the testimony bears on its face unmistakable evidence that it is either hearsay or mere opinion. There is no proof that defendant abandoned complainant, while there is proof that complainant abandoned defendant. She…