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GASKINS v. GASKINS

No. 2847.

175 A.2d 783 (1961)

Virginia GASKINS, Appellant, v. Frank L. GASKINS, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 7, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. David Harrison, Washington, D. C., with whom Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., and Leonard S. Melrod, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Edmund L. Browning, Jr., 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).

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

A wife appeals from a decision dismissing her complaint for a divorce on the ground of desertion.

At trial plaintiff testified that she was married to defendant in May 1956, that in February 1957 he left their home in the District, taking most of his belongings with him and did not say where he was going. She testified that she tried to locate him by calling his parents and also sent letters...

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