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LAWYER v. LAWYER

148 S.E.2d 816 (1966)

207 Va. 260

Percy Elmo LAWYER v. Elda Lena LAWYER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Simpson Williams, Jr., Richmond (Keith, Williams & Daniel, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

No brief nor argument for appellee.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This cause was instituted on April 8, 1963, by Percy Elmo Lawyer, appellant, against his wife, Elda Lena Lawyer, appellee, for a divorce a mensa et thoro on the grounds of wilful desertion and abandonment. Mrs. Lawyer filed an answer and cross-bill, in which she denied desertion of her husband, and, in turn, charged him with "cruelty and constructive desertion." She prayed that a divorce a mensa et thoro be granted her, and that her...

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