Steele v. Steele

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Steele v. Steele

8 D.C. 505

CourtDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals

DecidedApril 15, 1874

DocketNo. 3444

StatusPublished

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Steele v. Steele, 8 D.C. 505 (D.C. 1874).

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Opinion

The Court were of opinion that the statute in regard to divorce did not confer authority upon the court to decree a dissolution of the bonds of matrimony on the grounds set up in this case.

The chief-justice, while concurring in the judgment, expressed the opinion that a denial of the marital right of intercourse, when continued for a period of two years, should be regarded as a desertion within the meaning of the statute unless such denial was made in consequence of inability from sickness, or other sufficient cause, in good faith.

Order appealed from affirmed.

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The Court were of opinion that the statute in regard to divorce did not confer authority upon the court to decree a dissolution of the bonds of matrimony on the grounds set up in this case.

The chief-justice, while concurring in the judgment, expressed the opinion that a denial of the marital right of intercourse, when continued for a period of two years, should be regarded as a desertion within the meaning of the statute unless such denial was made in consequence of inability from sickness, or other sufficient cause, in good faith.

Order appealed from affirmed.

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8 D.C. 505, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/steele-v-steele-dc-1874.