Scheinin v. Scheinin

Suit was brought by Sylvia Scheinin in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City against her husband, Jesse Scheinin, for a divorce a mensa et thoro, custody of their two sons, alimony and support, and counsel fee for her attorney. She charged her husband with cruelty of treatment and desertion. Defendant filed a cross-bill for a divorce charging desertion. This appeal is from a decree dismissing the cross-bill and awarding complainant the limited divorce, custody of the children, alimony and support at the rate of $35 per week, and a counsel fee of $100 for her attorney.

The parties were married in…