Canoles v. Canoles

From a decree of the Circuit Court for Carroll County granting Helen M. Cañóles a divorce a mensa et thoro from her husband, Ernest L. Cañóles, for cruelty and desertion, and awarding the wife custody of, and support for, their two minor children, and alimony, the husband appeals.

The only question presented to us is whether the evidence was sufficient to warrant the limited divorce. While the husband argues that the acts of violence alleged by the wife were not sufficient to constitute cruelty of treatment, citing Peed v. Peed, 232 Md. 220, we need not reach that question since there was…