Willis v. Willis

In this suit petitioner seeks a decree of divorce on the ground of his wife's desertion.

The petition was filed in November, 1924, and prior to its amendment, made near the conclusion of the hearing, charged desertion as of June, 1922.

The evidence disclosed that the parties have been continuously separated since the year 1914, and that in the years 1921 and 1922 petitioner sought his wife's return to him, and she refused.

But the evidence also disclosed that in the year 1916 the wife, defendant herein, had filed a bill against her husband, petitioner herein, for maintenance under section 26 of…