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SHIMA v. SHIMA

No. 8393.

139 F.2d 533 (1943)

SHIMA v. SHIMA et al.

United States Court of Appeals. District of Columbia.

Decided December 27, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Wattawa, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Vivian O. Hill, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Richard E. Wellford, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Simon R. Golibart, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

The appellee Sobretta Brown Shima sued her husband, the appellant Jesse S. Shima, for divorce. Before trial she sued out an injunction which tied up his funds in the Union Trust Company. The District Court later dismissed her suit, both because it was groundless and because she had committed adultery. But the court taxed appellant with appellee's counsel fees and costs. It also referred to the auditor the question of the amount of damages...

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