CHAPPLE v. CHAPPLE

No. 3540.

204 A.2d 815 (1964)

Margaret Ruth CHAPPLE, Appellant, v. Charles C. CHAPPLE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Schaffner, Washington, D. C., with whom Hyman Smollar and Richard A. Mehler, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

John Alexander, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding appellee a limited divorce on the ground of cruelty.1 The trial judge's ruling was based on the finding that appellant had struck appellee with a glass on September 23, 1963. On appeal, the wife contends that a single isolated act of cruelty is insufficient grounds for divorce under the statute and that the $200 monthly alimony...

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