Legal Opinion

Barnes v. Barnes

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided February 9, 1959No. 2286PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant appeals from a final judgment dismissing his suit for absolute divorce on the ground of desertion. The parties were married in April 1943 in Maryland when appellant was in the service. After1 his *462discharge in September 1946 they took up residence in Brooklyn, New York, and a child was bom of this union. In April 1948 appellee was committed to a New York tuberculosis sanitarium and that same month appellant left his position and moved to the District of Columbia. The following September he purchased a house jointly with his sister and wrote to appellee about…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bennett v. BennettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1951
  2. Matthews v. MatthewsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Busboom v. BusboomDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962

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