Ball v. Ball

James P. Ball filed suit on October 5, 1933, in the Washington Chancery 'Court against Lina M. Ball, his wife, for divorce, and alleged her desertion of him as the ground therefor. A decree was rendered as prayed in March, 1934, from which is this appeal.

An answer was filed in which Mrs. Ball denied that she had deserted her husband. She alleged that, on the contrary, her husband had, without cause and against her wishes, deserted her, and that she had been at all times, and was now, willing and desirous to resume the marital relation. She pleaded also, in bar of the suit, the judgment of the…