Case Name: Lane v. Lane
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1885-09-26
Citations: 67 Iowa 76
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lane v. Lane.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 76–77

Head Matter:
Lane v. Lane.
1. Divorce: desertion: evidence. Upon consideration of the evidence in this case, held that a divorce should have been granted on the ground of desertion.
Appeal from Appanoose District Court.
Saturday, September 26.
Action for divorce, on the ground of cruelty, neglect, etc. The defendant denied the allegations of the petition, and in a cross-bill asked for a divorce. The divorce was denied upon both petitions by the district court, and both were dismissed. Plaintiff ajipeals.
Tannehill da Fee, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
Beck, Oh. J.
The plaintiff has not appealed, and the case therefore cannot be reviewed as it is presented by her petition and evidence. The defendant asks for the divorce in his cross-hill on the ground of desertion by the plaintiff. We think the desertion is established. The parties were married in 1880, and lived together but a few months, when plaintiff left her husband, and did not again return. The defendant is above seventy years of age, and the plaintiff is more than sixty. It appears, that there is no affection between them, and each is desirous of separating from the other. The law affords them an avenue of escape from the marriage relations through the desertion of the wife, which is satisfactorily established. The decision of the district court is reversed, and the cause will be remanded for a decree in harmony with this opinion.
Reversed.