Pfannebecker v. Pfannebecker

The parties hereto were married September 2, 1891, and lived together happily until July, 1897. One child, Grace, was born in 1896, and the other, Malcolm, in 1898. This action was begun in September, 1905, and resulted in a decree of divorce in favor of the husband with the custody of both children and the exclusion of the wife from the home with a monthly stipend for support money. The relief granted was based on two grounds:"' (1) That *426the wife had wilfully deserted her husband by declining to have sexual intercourse with him for a period of two years; and (2) that she had been guilty of…