Stein v. Stein

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The appellee Aaron Stein brought suit in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia for divorce from his wife Rebecca Stein, the appellant. The appellee’s complaint charged voluntary-separation from bed and board for five consecutive years without cohabitation — a ground for divorce in this jurisdiction (D. C.Code (1940) § 16 — 403). The appellant denied the charge and also filed a counterclaim for a sum of money, payable periodically, pendente lite and permanently, for the support and maintenance of herself and a minor child and for counsel…