Legal Opinion
Keller v. Keller
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 1961No. 2699PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
This appeal arises from a suit for absolute divorce filed by appellant husband against appellee wife on the ground of desertion for two years. 1 After hearing all the evidence the trial court dismissed the husband’s action for divorce and ordered him to pay $3,000 to the wife’s attorney as a counsel fee.
In February 1960 Mr. Keller filed the present suit against his wife. He alleged that the statutory two-year desertion period commenced in October 1957 when Mrs. Keller first left him; that his wife’s efforts at reconciliation following her desertion and her subsequent…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Campbell v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
- Patton v. PattonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1949
- Lort v. LortCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
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