Hughes v. Hughes

This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City, dismissing a bill for divorce filed by a husband on the ground of voluntary separation, and awarding permanent alimony of $15.00 per week to the wife, on her amended cross-bill, which alleged adultery and desertion, but did not pray a divorce.

The case is somewhat unusual, in that the husband seeks a reversal on the ground that he is entitled to a divorce on the evidence presented, but does not contest the allowance or amount of alimony. At the conclusion of the testimony on January 14, 1957, the Chancellor, in an oral…