Douglass v. Douglass

— The plaintiff bases her claim for divorce upon the fourth subdivision of Revision, section 2534.— “ When he willfully deserts his' wife and absents himself without a reasonable cause for the space of two years.” There is no conflict in the evidence as to the facts of the case. The parties were married in September, 1858; they lived together happily until the 14th day of September, 1867, during which time there were four children born to them, three of whom had died. Prior to the time last stated, the defendant became insane, and was sent to the asylum at Mount Pleasant, and a guardian for…