Ridgeway v. Ridgeway

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a, decree in the Supreme Court of the District dismissing appellant’s amended petition for an absolute divorce.

On July 22, 1930, Mrs. Ridgeway (appellant here) filed a petition in the corporation court of Alexandria, Va., for a limited divorce on the ground of desertion. She alleged that she was “an actual bona fide resident” of the city of Alexandria, Va., in which state she had had “her actual residence and domicile” for more than one year immediately preceding; that her husband, Mr. Ridgeway (appellee here), was a nonresident of the state; and that the…