Wolford v. Wolford

I agree with the conclusion reached by the majority in deciding this case. However, I fear that if the language of the opinion is logically applied it will be thought to hold that a suit for separate maintenance and divorce may be brought by the wife under Code, 48-2-29. The opinion certainly does not disapprove that practice nor overrule at least two West Virginia cases which uphold it. Infra. The fourth syllabus states that a cross bill in which the principal relief prayed is divorce from the plaintiff may not be entertained in a suit for separate maintenance in which the bill of complaint…