Parker v. Parker

This was a bill originally filed by appellee for separate maintenance, and afterward, cross-bill by appellant for divorce on the ground of desertion.

The appellee failed to answer the cross-bill and default was entered against her. Upon hearing, the court dismissed the original and cross-bill for want of equity, from which decree this appeal is taken.

The refusal of the court to grant appellant a decree of divorce is assigned for error. The appellant was a man seventy-eight years of age and had been married previously and divorced; the appellee was some fifty-one years of age and had also been…