McDonough v. McDonough
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by tbe complainant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing-a petition for divorce on the grounds of cruel treatment and desertion. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
IVTr. Justice Morris
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of' the District of Columbia refusing to grant a divorce and dismissing the petition filed by the appellant therefor as complainant.
*47The bill of complaint or petition, which was filed on July1 6,1900, sought a divorce from the bond of matrimony on two grounds: (1) Willful desertion and abandonment of the petitioner by the defendant, her husband, for the full and uninterrupted period of two years and upwards; (2) cruel treatment. The appellee, as defendant, denied both charges in his…
2Cited by1 opinion
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