Deschodt v. Deschodt

The plaintiff and defendant claim respectively a divorce on the ground of desertion. Upon the trial such proceedings were had that the *103court dismissed both the petition and cross bill. From this decree the defendant alone appeals.

The testimony adduced at the trial was mainly that of the opposing parties, and hence is conflicting in many respects. The corroborated testimony of the witnesses was very meager, and related mostly to minor matters. In such a case we must defer to the findings of the trial court, unless'we are satisfied that the uncontradicted testimony of the appellant,…