SCOTT v. SCOTT

No. 3479.

201 A.2d 535 (1964)

Leonard A. SCOTT, Appellant, v. Ruth Lucas SCOTT, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dovey J. Roundtree, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

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

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired).


CAYTON, Judge:

In an earlier appeal between these same parties, we affirmed a judgment of the trial court denying the husband's claim for a divorce on the ground of a voluntary five-year separation. Scott v. Scott, D.C.Mun. App., 147 A.2d 449 (1959). The husband later brought a new action praying for a divorce on the ground of two years' desertion. At trial plaintiff husband by his testimony sought to establish as part of his case...

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