OWENS v. OWENS


90 S.E.2d 776 (1956)

197 Va. 681

Nannie Terry OWENS v. Charles Green OWENS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Davis Butts, Newport News, for appellant.

Percy S. Smith, Robert J. Smith, Richmond, for appellee.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


WHITTLE, Justice.

Charles Green Owens, hereinafter called complainant, was granted a divorce from the bonds of matrimony from Nannie Terry Owens, hereinafter called respondent. The decree was based upon alleged wilful desertion and abandonment for a period of one year, Virginia Code 1950, § 20-91, as amended by Acts of Assembly, 1952, ch. 100, p. 110. We granted respondent an appeal.

The first assignment of error charges: "The court erred in entering...

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