Lamb v. Lamb

Whittle, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, Hezekiah Lamb, brought this suit against his wife, the appellee, Charlotte A. Lamb, for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii for the willful desertion and abandon*257ment by her of her husband for more than three years. From a decree denying the prayer for divorce and dismissing the bill, this appeal was allowed.

The case made by the pleading and evidence is, that the parties were married on August 19, 1875, and dwelt together in harmony at their home on Naked creek in Page county, Virginia, until some time after th“e birth of their first…