Case Name: ABRAMO MUFATTI vs. JENNIE GIORDANO MUFATTI
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1939-03-23
Citations: 7 Conn. Supp. 105
Docket Number: File No. 50566
Parties: ABRAMO MUFATTI vs. JENNIE GIORDANO MUFATTI
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Supplement
Volume: 7
Pages: 105–106

Head Matter:
ABRAMO MUFATTI vs. JENNIE GIORDANO MUFATTI
Superior Court New Haven County
File No. 50566
MEMORANDUM FILED MARCH 23, 1939.
Coriielius J. Danaher, of Meriden, for the Plaintiff.
Frank Covello, of Hartford, for the Defendant.

Opinion:
SIMPSON, J.
This is an action for divorce for desertion. Assuming, without for the present deciding, that the defendant left her husband's home on June 15, 1933, without just cause, the evidence unmistakably shows that within a week she attempted a reconciliation and was willing to return to their home, but he refused in no uncertain terms to allow her to return or to thereafter live with her. It was after such refusal that she went to the house and in his absence removed some of her clothes and some silverware.
If she left without cause it was his duty to take her back when she sought in good faith to return. If she had just cause for leaving, but nevertheless was willing, in good faith, to return, it was also his duty to take her back unless she had com mitted some act or acts justifying his refusal. The latter does not appear to be the fact, but rather the reverse. The fault •or cause of their troubles appears to be that of the plaintiff.
The petition for divorce is therefore denied and the action •dismissed.