Busboom v. Busboom

MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellee wife filed an action for divorce from appellant husband on the ground of his desertion. He denied the desertion and counterclaimed for the return of $9,459.05,. allegedly taken by her without right from a joint bank account. From judgments in favor of the wife on both issues, this appeal followed.

Two questions are presented: (1) Was the wife' entitled to a divorce for desertion; and (2) Was the husband’s counterclaim-barred by the statute of limitations?

1. The parties lived together as husband and wife until March, 1959, when he moved to Illinois to manage some…