Owens v. Owens

Charles Green Owens, hereinafter called complainant, was granted a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from Nannie Terry Owens, hereinafter called respondent. The decree was based upon alleged wilful desertion and abandonment for a period of one year. (Virginia Code, 1950, § 20-91, as amended by Acts of Assembly, 1952, ch. 100, p. 110). We granted respondent an appeal.

The first assignment of error charges: “The court erred in entering the final decree of divorce because the record showed that no notice had been given to the defendant or her attorney that the depositions would be taken.” This…