Hendry v. Hendry

The appellant, Dr. Ernest Hendry, appeals from a decree in which the court declined to grant him a divorce a mensa et thoro on the grounds of desertion as asked in his cross-bill. By the decree the appellee, Mrs. Isabel Hendry, was also refused a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, non-support and desertion but she was allowed permanent alimony of $100 per month.

In the original bill filed by Mrs. Hendry against her husband she founds her claim for a divorce from bed and board and alimony on allegations of cruelty and desertion. She charges that in the later years of their married life Dr.…