Legal Opinion

Moritz v. Moritz

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided March 18, 1936No. 59443Published

1Opinion of the Court

LUHRING, Associate Justice.

This is a bill for an absolute divorce on the ground that on February 1st, 1930, the defendant “wilfully and without just cause or excuse deserted and abandoned plaintiff and said desertion and abandonment has continued without interruption for more than two years and to the present time.” The bill was filed September 10th, 1935.

The defendant did not appear, and the court appointed Ellis P. Block, a member of this bar, to defend.

The plaintiff testified that she and the defendant were married at .Buffalo, New York on the 26th day of September, 1928, and lived and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Downs v. DownsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1904

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