Sewell v. Sewell

Bruñe, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was begun on April 21, 1955, by the appellant wife’s filing a bill of complaint seeking a divorce a vinculo from the defendant husband on the ground of desertion based upon his asserted refusal of normal marital relations, and seeking custody of their minor son, then about five years old, and alimony and suit money. The husband answered the bill on August 30, 1955, denying desertion. On December 7, 1955, he filed a cross-bill for a divorce a mensa, alleging that his wife had deserted him on April 22, 1954, later amended to 1955, and he…