Callender v. Callender

McClendon, Chief justice.

This is a divorce suit brought by the husband resulting in a judgment in his favor. The wife has appealed.

The wife did not appear at the trial under circumstances which we think constituted a valid excuse in law; but in view of our holding that the grounds for divorce were not established by “full and satisfactory evidence” (R.C.S. Art. 4632) we pretermit discussion of the issue of diligence.

*801The petition alleged: Marriage on April 26, 1914, and living together as husband and wife until November 15, 1940, when the wife permanently abandoned the husband without cause.…