Baker v. Baker
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: George G. Bingham, Judge. In Banc. This is a suit for a decree of divorce, the complaint being in the usual form and charging desertion. The defendant made default. The district attorney appeared upon the trial, representing the state, and there was a decree dismissing the suit, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBenson, J.
1. The trial court dismissed the suit for the reason that, in its judgment, the evidence failed to establish statutory desertion.
The evidence discloses the following facts: The defendant left the plaintiff on June 5, 1919, without *214making’ any statement as to his reasons for abandoning her. He took their son with him. He retürned some time in the autumn of the same year, at which time the plaintiff let him have $750. He did not remain long, and again went to California, but again he returned on Christmas Day of the same year, bringing the son with him. Plaintiff was then the owner of a…
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