Sollie v. Sollie

On May 1, 1957, Patricia Ann Hughes Sollie, complainant, filed her bill against her husband, Robert J. Sollie, defendant, seeking a divorce a mensa et thoro on the ground of cruelty, and praying for the custody of their daughter, Elizabeth Ann, then six years old, and for alimony for herself and support for the child. The defendant filed an answer and cross-bill, in which he prayed for a divorce a mensa et thoro from the complainant on the ground of desertion, with permission to have the same merged into an absolute divorce at the proper time.

Evidence was taken, some by depositions and some…