Skirven v. Skirven

The parties to this proceeding were married on January 28th, 1904, in Kent County, Maryland, where they still reside. On June 7th, 1926, Ella R. Skirven, the appellee, filed in the circuit court for that county a bill of complaint against her husband, the appellant, in which she prayed that she be divorced a mensaet thoro from him, and that he be required to pay her permanent alimony, alimony pendente lite, and a reasonable allowance for counsel fees and the expenses of the suit. As a ground for that relief she stated that the defendant had treated her with great harshness and cruelty, had…