Porritt v. Porritt
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery, from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed by complainant below, to obtain a divorce from defendant on the ground of desertion. > The case was heard on the pleadings and proofs, and the bill was dismissed. The facts are stated in the opinion. The complainant seeks a divorce on the ground of desertion by the defendant.
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Appeal in Chancery, from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed by complainant below, to obtain a divorce from defendant on the ground of desertion. > The case was heard on the pleadings and proofs, and the bill was dismissed. The facts are stated in the opinion. The complainant seeks a divorce on the ground of desertion by the defendant. She left the complainant on the 24th day of August, 1864, and on the 27th day of the same month commenced proceedings for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. This court held that she left the defendant without justifiable cause, and denied the…
1Opinion of the Court
Graves J.
This is a bill filed by the husband against the wife for a divorce, on the ground of desertion.
The suit was commenced on the 28th day of October, 1867, and it is alleged by the bill that the defendant deserted complainant on the 24th day of August,' 1864, and has ever since lived separate and apart from him, and refused to live with him. The defendant by her answer admits that she separated from complainant on the 24th of August, 1864, and has ever since lived apart from him; but she denies the desertion stated in the bill. She insists that he was habitually drunk, and often very…
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