FEATHERSTONE v. FEATHERSTONE

No. 2714.

169 A.2d 686 (1961)

Samuel L. FEATHERSTONE, Appellant, v. Eleanor B. FEATHERSTONE, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson Brodsky, Kensington, Md., for appellant.

Thomas B. Lawrence, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee, but filed no brief.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant husband filed a complaint for absolute divorce on the ground of desertion for two years. The wife did not appear at trial but was represented by counsel. According to the record, the parties were married in 1935 and are the parents of four children, two of whom are now adults. Appellant testified that after appellee returned home from Saint Elizabeths Hospital in May 1958, he asked her several times "about staying together." She informed...

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