Markley v. Markley

This was a suit in equity in the Circuit Court of Roanoke county. The bill was filed by S. C. Markley against his wife, Margaret Markley, seeking a divorce a mensa et thoro on the ground of desertion.

The bill alleges that the complainant and respondent were married on the 29th day of April, 1916, in the city of Norfolk, Virginia; that they lived together as husband and wife until the 6th day of June, 1923, in Roanoke county, when the defendant, without just cause, wilfully deserted and abandoned the complainant and has refused to return and live with complainant as his wife; that there was…