Westfall v. Westfall

Opinion by

Kenwokthey, J.,

The court below granted the husband a divorce on the ground of desertion. The wife appeals. She contends he consented to the separation.

The parties were married June 9, 1931. At that time respondent was fifty-six years of age, libellant somewhat older. She had not been previously married. He had adult children by a former marriage. He had lived practically all his adult life in Cumberland County and for over twenty years in Camp Hill. She had lived all her life in or near Portland, Maine. They met through a marriage bureau in 1929, and corresponded from that time…