SHIRLEY v. SHIRLEY

No. 2089.

138 A.2d 392 (1958)

John Edward SHIRLEY, Appellant, v. Diane Lee SHIRLEY, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Shapiro, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Wesley E. McDonald, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee, but filed no brief.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


QUINN, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment dismissing appellant's uncontested suit for an absolute divorce on the ground of desertion.

Appellant testified that the parties were married in November 1951; that approximately seven weeks later he went to work one morning at two o'clock and returned at noon to discover that his wife had left, taking her clothing; that he had not seen her since, made no effort to locate her, and does not know...

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