Cairnes v. Cairnes

The plaintiff and defendant were married in the dominion of Canada on June 26, 1895. In the fall of that year the plaintiff came to Colorado, and on the 20th of July, 1898, filed his complaint in the county court of Jefferson county, asking for a divorce from the defendant upon the ground of desertion. The complaint contains the following allegation: “That on or about the 31st day of July, A. D. 1895, the defendant, disregarding the solemnity of her marriage vow, wilfully deserted and absented herself from the plaintiff without reasonable or any cause, and ever since said day has and still…