Laing v. Laing

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

The petition in this case was filed by the husband appellant seeking a divorce from his wife, the respondent, on the grounds of desertion.

The petition was dismissed on the advice of the advisory master, before whom the case was tried and from the decree of dismissal the husband appeals.

The master based his refusal to advise a decree of divorce on the ground that the husband had never made any effort whatever to secure the wife’s return to him, and that it was not shown that such an effort would have been futile. The learned advisory master…