Alice G. Bottomley v. Bernard L. Bottomley

REED, Associate Justice,

sitting by designation.

This appeal presents for adjudication the correctness of an order refusing a motion filed February 18, 1957, to enlarge a judgment obtained in the District Court of the District of Columbia by appellant, as plaintiff, against appellee, her husband, for divorce a mensa et thoro in 1943 on the ground of cruelty to a judgment a vinculo matrimonii. 1 The motion was made under Title 16, § 403, District of Columbia Code 1951 Ed. So far as pertinent, it reads as follows:

“ * * * A legal separation from bed and board may be granted for cruelty: Provided,…