Epley v. Epley

Bacices, Y. C.

The ehaxge of adultery alleged in the petition is established. The defendant deserted the petitioner in 1909 and during the separation she gave premature birth to a child in March of 3913. The master to whom the cause was referred advised *215against a decree of divorce, because it appeared from the testimony of the petitioner that in June of 1912 he received from his wife a letter asking him to take her back, which he failed to do. The master relying - upon Rapp v. Rapp, 67 N. J. Eq. 236, conceived this to be a bar against recovery. The difficulty with this view is that the facts…