Lemp v. Lemp

OPINION

By the Court,

Taber, J.:

Chapter 23 of the 1939 Statutes of Nevada provides that: “Divorce from the bonds of matrimony may be obtained, in addition to the causes now provided by law and subject to the same procedure and requirements, for the following cause: When the husband and wife have lived separate and apart for three consecutive years without cohabitation the court may, in its discretion, grant an absolute decree of divorce at the suit of either party.” Stats. of Nevada, 1939, chap. 23, pp. 16, 17, sec. 9467.06, N. C. L. 1931-1941 Supp., vol. 2, pp. 1280, 1281. Upon this ground, in…