Thompson v. Thompson

OPINION

By the Court,

Coleman, C. J.:

This is a suit for divorce on the ground of desertion. The defendant in her answer denied the desertion charges, and alleged that the plaintiff had deserted her. The case was tried to a jury, which brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The court entered a decree accordingly. The defendant has appealed from the judgment and from the order denying her motion for a new trial. The parties will be referred to as in the trial court.

The parties formerly lived in Washington, D. C., where they were intermarried in 1903. About the year 1916 the defendant…