Ewing v. Ewing

This case came on for trial upon pleadings by which each of the parties charged the other with cruelty. The appellant then filed an amended complaint alleging a cause of action for wilful desertion and the respondent filed an amended cross-complaint upon the same ground. At the time the suit was brought they had been separated less than three months, but more than one year had elapsed between the date of separation and the filing of the amended pleadings. An interlocutory decree granted the respondent upon her cross-complaint is challenged by the appellant upon two grounds. He asserts that…