Williams v. Williams

The issue for decision on this appeal is whether the Chancellor erred in dismissing with prejudice a wife’s bill of complaint in a matrimonial cause, pursuant to Md. Rule 422, because of her failure to depose. Upon the facts of record, we find an abuse of discretion and, therefore, we reverse the decree from which the appeal was taken.

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On July 22, 1975, Geraldine Williams, plaintiff-appellant, filed a bill of complaint for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii against John F. Williams, then a resident of Burke, Virginia, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County on grounds of desertion and…