Joseph Morey v. Bernice Morey

Opinion op the Court by

Chiep Justice Clay

Beversing.

In this action Joseph Morey sought a divorce from his wife, Bernice Morey, on the ground of abandonment. The divorce was denied because the chancellor was of the opinion that the abandonment took place in New York, and it was not shown that abandonment for one year was a ground of divorce in that state.' The husband appeals.

The facts as disclosed by the evidence of two witnesses are these: The parties resided in New York. Appellant is a silk hosiery knitter. There are only a few silk hosiery mills in the country, one of them being in Paducah.…