Patterson v. Patterson

Citations

• 45 Wash. 296
• 88 P. 196
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 459

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Grounds—Abandonment. Where the husband, in an action for a divorce, establishes that his wife, without cause, abandoned him and went to another state where she continued to live for ten years, refusing to live with him in this state, the court, as a matter of law, must grant a divorce on the statutory ground of abandonment for more than one year, notwithstanding the fact that the husband made no effort to have her return.</p>