Matthews v. Matthews

ROVER, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Phillip Matthews, brought suit against his wife for an absolute divorce alleging desertion. Appellee filed a counter-complaint on the same ground and at the conclusion of the hearing the court dismissed both suits. Only the husband has sought review in this appeal.

The parties were married in August 1954 and resided in an apartment which appellant was buying on Washington Place in the northeast section of the city. Two months after the marriage, a quarrel led to a temporary separation. The cause of the separation was in some degree due to the wife’s complaints…