Litch v. Litch

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

This is an appeal by Amelia Y. Litch from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County, granting a divorce to her husband, Thomas K. Litch, upon the ground of her wilful and malicious desertion of him on December 21, 1914, persisted in for two years and upwards.

The libel in the present action was not filed until February 18,1922. The respondent promptly filed an answer denying wilful and malicious desertion without a reasonable cause and averring that she had been forced to withdraw from their home by reason of the offering by libellant of snch…