Deenis v. Deenis

Mr. Justice Schoi,field

delivered the opinion of the Court:

The question presented by this record for our consideration is, was alimony properly decreed to appellee'?

The bill charges appellee with wilful desertion, for two years, without any reasonable excuse. The answer admits the desertion, but sets up the infamous and unnatural conduct of appellant as a justification.

On hearing, the court below found appellee guilty of the desertion charged, and decreed that the parties be divorced, but also decreed, at the same time, that appellee have alimony and the custody of their two infant daughters.

Ap…