BUSBOOM v. BUSBOOM

No. 3055.

187 A.2d 122 (1962)

Ralph J. BUSBOOM, Appellant, v. Sudie-Belle BUSBOOM, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Paul J. McGarvey, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellee wife filed an action for divorce from appellant husband on the ground of his desertion. He denied the desertion and counterclaimed for the return of $9,459.05, allegedly taken by her without right from a joint bank account. From judgments in favor of the wife on both issues, this appeal followed.

Two questions are presented: (1) Was the wife entitled to a divorce for desertion; and (2) Was the husband's counterclaim barred...

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