CAMERON v. CAMERON

No. 593.

68 S.E.2d 796 (1952)

235 N.C. 82

CAMERON v. CAMERON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butler & Butler, Clinton, and Welch Jordan, Greensboro, for Mary Vail Cameron, defendant-appellant.

Stevens, Burgwin & McGhee, Wilmington, and Howard H. Hubbard, Clinton, for Bruce B. Cameron, plaintiff-appellee.


ERVIN, Justice.

The appeal presents this question for decision: Does the pendency of a prior action by the wife for a divorce from bed and board upon the ground of abandonment abate a subsequent action by the husband for an absolute divorce upon the ground of two years' separation?

The pendency of a prior action between the same parties for the same cause in a State court of competent jurisdiction works an abatement of a subsequent action either in the same...

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