Williams v. Williams.

In June, 1942, appellant instituted in the Circuit Court of the city of Portsmouth a suit against the appellee-, the object of which was to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, on the grounds of desertion. Following the institution of the suit, appellant filed an affidavit that he had made diligent effort to ascertain in what county or corporation of the Commonwealth the appellee “was, without effect.”

Upon that affidavit an order of publication was directed* pursuant to the provisions of section 6069 of the Code of Virginia. Upon the maturity of the order of publication, depositions were…