SCHREIBER v. SCHREIBER

No. 1988.

134 A.2d 103 (1957)

Selma Ann SCHREIBER, Appellant, v. David Louis SCHREIBER, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Skeens, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


PER CURIAM.

This was a suit by a wife for absolute divorce on the ground of desertion. Her evidence tended to prove constructive desertion based on acts of cruelty. At the close of her case the trial court dismissed the action. The court found that the wife "did not testify as to any act sufficient to cause her to leave the home," and concluded "as a matter of law" that the wife was required not only to prove acts of cruelty justifying her leaving the home, but also...

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