Adams v. Adams

Bussey, Justice.

This is an action for divorce, instituted by the respondent husband on September 29, 1958, alleging that his wife willfully deserted his bed and board on August 1, 1957, and that said desertion had been continuous and uninterrupted since said date. Appellant served an answer and cross-action denying the alleged desertion and seeking affirmative relief. The Civil Court of Union County granted the husband a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, and the wife appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant a divorce.

“The essential elements of desertion, to warrant a…