Harp v. Harp

This suit was instituted by Katherine Harp against her husband, Bowen L. Harp, in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii and alimony on the ground of abandonment.

Complainant testified that she and her husband had lived together in Baltimore more than fourteen years following their marriage in Ellicott City in June, 1932. She claimed that her husband became an excessive drinker, and that in the Summer of 1946, when they were residing in an apartment on White Avenue, he spent every week-end away from home. She charged that he finally abandoned her without…