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Graves v. Graves

Citations

  • 88 Miss. 677
  • 41 So. 384

Syllabus

<p>1. Divorce. Code 1892, § 15G2. Desertion. Refusal to cohabit.</p> <p>Under code 1892, § 1562, making “wilful, continued and obstinate desertion for the space of two years” a cause for divorce, a bus-band whose wife has wilfully, continuously and obstinately refused to cohabit with him for the space of two years is entitled to a divorce, although she lived in the same house with him during the time.</p> <p>2. Same. Evidence. Admissibility.</p> <p>In a suit by a husband for divorce, evidence of statements of the wife as to her relations with her husband is admissible.</p>

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  • inexcusable long-continued refusal to engage in sexual relations for the statutory period warrants divorce on the ground of constructive desertion

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