Gallaher v. Gallaher

Browning, Judge:

Appellee, Helen C. Gallaher, brought suit against appellant, Bruce H. Gallaher, for separate maintenance in the Domestic Relations Court of Cabell County on July 11,1958, alleging as grounds therefor that appellant had been guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment toward her and had abandoned her on August 9, 1957. Appellant answered, denying the allegations of cruel and inhuman treatment, and asked for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground that ap-pellee had, without just or sufficient cause, wilfully abandoned appellant. That portion of the answer praying for an absolute…