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POTTS v. POTTS

No. 2734.

171 A.2d 263 (1961)

Ruth Willis POTTS, Appellant, v. John Hartley POTTS, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley E. McDonald, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Charles R. Richey, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal is by a wife from a judgment dismissing her complaint for a divorce on the ground of constructive desertion.

The substance of the wife's testimony was that she and appellee were married in November 1955 and in May 1956 he began to drink heavily and regularly; that when drinking he was loud and boisterous and kept the television on at night; that he was vile and rough and at times threatened to strike her; that because of...

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