COURTNEY v. COURTNEY

[No. 214, October Term, 1956.]

213 Md. 600 (1957)

132 A.2d 576

COURTNEY v. COURTNEY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Francis Ford, with whom was Jeanne M. Crouse on the brief, for the appellant.

Julius G. Maurer, with whom was Edward J. Brannan on the brief, for the appellee.

The cause was argued before COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ., and KINTNER, J., Associate Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

A husband appeals from refusal of the chancellor to grant him a divorce on the ground of mutual separation for three consecutive years.

Despite the grounds on which he sought the divorce, the husband's proof tended to show that the separation began when his wife constructively deserted him. It is agreed that in November, 1951, the couple sold the house in Baltimore in which they had lived for many years, divided...

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