SHEFFIELD v. SHEFFIELD


148 S.E.2d 771 (1966)

207 Va. 288

Mary Cooke Kincaid SHEFFIELD v. Lawrence Browning SHEFFIELD, Jr.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Soffin, Richmond (Christian, Barton, Parker, Epps & Brent, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

No brief nor argument for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

In February, 1952, Mary Cooke Kincaid Sheffield filed in the court below a bill of complaint against her husband, Lawrence Browning Sheffield, Jr., praying for a divorce on the ground of desertion. Personal service was had upon the defendant husband who appeared by counsel and filed an answer. The wife was granted a divorce a mensa which was merged into a divorce a vinculo by a decree entered on February 24, 1953. The latter...

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