Pike v. Pike

On petition for divorce, filed by the wife, on the ground of desertion, and a counter-claim charging adultery.

At the time of the final hearing, the petitioner failed to appear, although her counsel was present and took such part as he could in opposition to the counter-claim without the presence and assistance of his client. The defendant moved his counter-claim, and the matter was heard upon that pleading.

The parties were married in December, 1922, when the defendant was twenty-six, and the petitioner was twenty. He appears to be a man of education and refinement. Unlike the usual marriages,…