Lickle v. Boone

A. Gordon Boone, resident of Baltimore County, brought this suit on February 21, 1946, to obtain an absolute divorce from his wife, Edith Flint Boone, resident of Delaware. The bill of complaint alleged that defendant had committed adultery with William F. Lickle. Defendant did not appear. On April 15 Lickle filed a petition alleging (1) that complainant was preparing to proceed ex parte to produce evidence, which, if not subjected to cross-examination in open court, might seriously injure petitioner’s reputation and career; (2) that since petitioner was specifically named in the bill of…