Harrington v. Harrington

Harrington, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

Section 3499 of the Revised Code of 1935,.among other things, provides: That “the causes for divorce from the bonds of matrimony shall be: * * * (e) Willful desertion for two years.”

The petitioner relies on this provision of the statute. It is true that he states in his amended petition that he left his wife, but he, also, alleges that he left her because, though she became pregnant by him on three several occasions, in the years 1929, 1930 and 1931, she refused to have children on those occasions, and, contrary to his expressed wishes, took…