McEACHNIE v. McEACHNIE

No. 3803.

216 A.2d 169 (1966)

Henry H. McEACHNIE, Appellant, v. Sarah E. McEACHNIE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 19, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman L. Dodson, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Edward F. Willett, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


MYERS, Associate Judge.

The questions on appeal are whether the trial judge erred (1) in granting appellee-wife a divorce from appellant-husband on the ground of desertion and denying him a divorce on the same ground; (2) in awarding her $50 a month alimony; and (3) in approving a fee of $350 to the wife's attorney.

After six years of marriage, the parties separated in November 1962. No children were born. More than...

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