ACHORN v. ACHORN

No. 2696.

168 A.2d 399 (1961)

Erik ACHORN, Appellant, v. Alice L. ACHORN and Joseph A. Seeley, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Alexander, with whom Walter W. Johnson, Jr., was on the brief, for appellant.

David F. Smith, Washington, D. C., for appellee Achorn.

Jackson Brodsky, Kensington, Md., for appellee Seeley.

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


CAYTON, Judge.

Appellee wife brought an action against her husband for separate maintenance. He counterclaimed for absolute divorce on the ground of adultery, and she then filed a supplemental complaint for limited divorce alleging cruelty. After a seven-day trial the court denied both prayers for divorce, but awarded the wife separate maintenance as requested in her original pleading. The husband has brought this appeal.

Stating it in a number of ways, he...

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