Dow v. Dow

Desertion is defined in Tirrell v. Tirrell, 72 Conn. 567, 570, 45 Atl. 153, as the wilful absenting of one party to the marriage contract from the society of the other, coupled with the intention on the part of the absenting party to live apart, in spite of the wish of the other, and not to-return to cohabitation. “This definition,” we say in Todd v. Todd, 84 Conn. 591, 593, 80 Atl. 717, “involves the co-existence of the following conditions: (1) Cessation from cohabitation, (2) an intention on the part of the absenting party not to resume it, (3) the absence of the other party’s consent, and…