Case Name: James H. WEBER, Appellant, v. Anne C. WEBER, Appellee
Court: District of Columbia Municipal Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1957-07-18
Citations: 134 A.2d 323
Docket Number: No. 2003
Parties: James H. WEBER, Appellant, v. Anne C. WEBER, Appellee.
Judges: Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 134
Pages: 323–324

Head Matter:
James H. WEBER, Appellant, v. Anne C. WEBER, Appellee.
No. 2003.
Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Argued June 10, 1957.
Decided July 18, 1957.
Robert F. Sutphin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.
Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

Opinion:
ROVER, Chief Judge.
This was an action by the husband for absolute divorce on the ground of five years' voluntary separation from the wife. The only question of law involved is whether corroboration was required of the husband's testimony that he and his wife had not cohabited for five years. The court held that it was, and finding that the husband failed to comply with this supposed rule of law, dismissed his complaint. In view of our decision in Schroeder v. Schroeder, the ruling of the court was erroneous.
Reversed with instructions to grant a new trial.
.Code 1951, § 16-403.
. D.C.Mun.App., 133 A.2d 470.