Takagi v. Takagi

dissented and relied upon the reasoning of the late Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge set forth in Pedersen v. Pedersen (107 F. 2d 227 [C. A., D. C.]). In the Pedersen decision, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that a wife seeking a limited divorce is not required to live separate and apart from her husband further than to segregate herself from him as to avoid condoning the acts which she charges as basis for the limited divorce. At page 232 of the opinion, the court stated: “ In the absence of a statute requiring more, we think all that is required of the wife is that she…