DIVORCE CASES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23906, 5 March 1941, Page 5

DIVORCE CASES

UNDEFENDED ACTIONS ABOUT THIRTY HEARD HUSBAND WHO RAN AWAY About 30 undefended divorce petitions were dealt with by Mr. Justice Blair in the Supreme Court yesterday. In the great majority of cases tho ground of the petition was separation for more than three years. A statement that her husband left her tho day after their marriage and never returned was made by Lorna May Page (Mr. A. Hall Skelton) who sought divorce from Ernest William Page. Petitioner said that after their marriage in December, 1936, they went to her mother's home, but respondent left next day. She went to see him at the place where ho worked but when he saw her he ran away, and this happened several times. His Honor granted a decree nisi with custody of the child to the petitioner. Proof of adultery having been given against the respondent decrees nisi wero granted in the following cases: —Faith Eileen Thornevcroft Scrimshaw (Mr. Garland) against David; Frederick Scrimshaw (Mr, Era or); Eunice Mary Ann Lawson (Mr. Fawcett) against Herbert Lawson (Mr. McCarthy). Cases of Desertion Desertion was the ground on which decrees nisi were granted in the following cases: —Albert Lindsay Barman (Mr. McCarthy) against Thelma Lily Harmnn; Ivy May Williams <Mr. Edge) against John Henry Williams; Walter Thomas Devlin (Mr. Aekins) against Elsie Edith Devlin; Flora Geldard (Mr. Fraer) against James Russell Geldard; Vera Emma Baggs (Mr. Dickson) against Aubrey Dormer Baggs; Catherine May Forno (Mr. W. W. King) against Howard Forno; Ivy Hilda Ross (Mr. Newbery) against Chatles Richard George Ross. The respondent having failed to comply with an order for restitution of conjugal rights. decrees nisi were granted to the following petitioners: — William David Frederick Maddren (Mr. Goodall) against Margaret Maddren; Ivan Alac (Mr. Dickson) against Olive Louisa Tsobel Alac; Leslie Hugh \\ ilson (Mr. Dickson) against Gladys May Wilson. Grounds of Separation On the ground that the parties had heen separated for more than three .years decrees nisi were granted in the Following cases:—Jessie Elizabeth Margaret Harrison (Mr. Noble) against Richard Henry Harrison; Kathleen Annie Cullen (Mr. Beckerleg) against George James Cullen; Evelyn Ella Rabhige (Mr. Nutsford) against Owen Frederick Rabbigc; Adeline Annie Halford (Mr. A. Hall Skelton) against Ernest F.dgir Halford; Cyril James Laver (Mr. A. Hall Skelton) against Cicely Doris Laver. Edna Violet Benton (Mr. A. Hall Skelton) against John Paterson Benton;, Agnes Mackie Johnson (Mr. Lennard) against Thaddeus Bell Johnson; Olive Joyce McKean (-Mr. Matthews) against Alexander McKean; Dbris Hannah Burke (Mr. Field) against John Patrick Burke; Violet May Bourke (Mr. Newbery) against ITliek Valentine Bourke; Phyllis May Bird (Mr. Br am well) against Alan Waldcn Bird. Barbara Kerr (Mr. Dickson) against Walter Hume Kerr; Janet Isabel Hartley (Mr. Dickson) against Trevor Wright Hartley; Amelia Woodward (Mr. Dickson) against Raymond James Woodward; Thomas Gregory (Mr. ' Dickson) against Ethel Gregory (Mr. G. F. M. White). ORDERS TO RETURN Several petitions for restitution of conjugal rights were heard by Mr. Justice Blair in the Supreme Court yesterday. "My husband disagreed with my war activities," said Myrtle Elma Segaar (Mr. Meek) when asked why her husband, Cornelius Andries Segaar, had left her last August. She said that differences had arisen between them because of their different nationality, and she asked for an order for her husband's return. They were married in May. 1027. An order was made for restitution of conjugal rights within 14 days of service. Respondent was ordered to return to petitioner within 21 days in the case of Alice Yudt (Mr.. M. Robinson) against Hyman Yudt, and within 14 days in the case of Claude Wyllie (Mr. M. Robinson) against Margaret Laura Wyllie.