Scott v. Holcomb

49 Wn.2d 387 (1956)

301 P.2d 1068

MERLE E. SCOTT, Appellant,

v.

GUY L. HOLCOMB, Respondent.[1]

No. 33351.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 4, 1956.

William R. Garland, Marion Garland, Jr., and John A. Bishop, for appellant.

Oluf Johnsen, for respondent.

ROSELLINI, J.

The parties to this action were married in 1923 and separated in 1934, when the eldest of their five children was ten years of age and the youngest, nineteen months. The record does not disclose through whose fault the separation was brought about, but it appears that the respondent left the home of the parties in New York,…