Snyder v. Snyder

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This was an uncontested action for an absolute divorce on the ground of desertion. Plaintiff, a serviceman, testified that while he was stationed in Japan he received orders transferring him to Texas. He communicated with his wife, who was apparently living here at that time with their four children, and asked her to join him in Texas but she refused. After his transfer, he returned to Washington on leave in a further attempt to persuade her to change her decision but was unsuccessful. Defendant’s mother then testified that she was present during certain conversations…