SHIMA v. SHIMA

Nos. 7841, 7923.

130 F.2d 809 (1942)

SHIMA v. SHIMA et al. (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 20, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R. E. Wellford, of Washington, D. C., for Sobretta Brown Shima, appellant in No. 7841 and appellee in No. 7923.

Mr. John Wattawa, with whom Mr. Vivian O. Hill, both of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Jesse S. Shima, one of the appellees in No. 7841 and appellant in No. 7923.

Messrs. George E. Hamilton, John J. Hamilton, George E. Hamilton, Jr., and Henry R. Gower, all of Washington, D. C., entered appearances for the Union Trust Co. in No. 7923.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

These are cross-appeals in a wife's suit for limited divorce on the ground of cruelty. She appeals from a judgment dismissing her complaint. Her husband's counterclaim for divorce on the ground of adultery was denied because he had not been for one year a resident of the District of Columbia.1 He has not appealed from that denial. He moved to dismiss his wife's complaint, on the ground that the marriage was...

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