Topham v. Topham
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Suit for divorce by Richard C. Topham against Anna R. Topham and another. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
This is a suit for divorce and the custody of an infant child, in which appellant, Richard C. Topham, charges his wife, Anna R. Topham, with adultery, naming defendant Whalen as co-respondent. When appellant, plaintiff below, submitted his evidence, the court, on motion of defendants, entered a decree dismissing the bill. From that decree this appeal was prosecuted.
It appears that plaintiff, at the time the difficulty arose, was employed in a clerical capacity, at the office of the Evening Star. On the evening of March 26, 1918, plaintiff told his wife that he would be…
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