Golden v. Golden
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 104, April T., 1908, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1906, No. 561, refusing divorce in case of William A. Golden v. M. Elizabeth Golden. Libel for divorce. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree refusing divorce.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This was an application for divorce a vinculo matrimonii upon the ground of desertion. There is no dispute as to the fact that in April, 1904, the respondent withdrew from the home of the libelant and has since lived separate and apart from him. Nor is there any dispute that this was with the intent to permanently separate from him. The question, therefore, is whether she was justified in so doing, and it is conceded by her counsel that the principle is applicable that the conditions which will justify a wife’s abandonment of her husband are those only which would support a decree…
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