Phillips v. Phillips

Suit by the husband against the wife for divorce upon the ground of voluntary abandonment. Prom a decree gz'anting divorce, the wife has prosecuted this appeal.

It is very clearly established that the wife left the husband without his consent, and with all indications of a final departure, without intention to return, and that they have lived separate and apart for more than two years next preceding the filing of this bill appears without dispute.

The defense rests upon the theory that she did not leave without sufficient reason therefor; this being one of the essential elements established by…