137 A. 916

HOWE TOTTEN v. PRISCILLA STEARNS TOTTEN.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Decided April 23rd, 1926.

Divorce — Adultery — Evidence.

The burden of proof is on one alleging adultery as a ground for divorce, and the evidence should be clear, satisfactory and convincing.

Decided April 23rd, 1926.

Page 701

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, In Equity (PRESTON, J.).

Bill by Priscilla Stearns Totten against Howe Totten, to which defendant filed a cross-bill. From a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.

The cause was argued before BOND, C.J., PATTISON, URNER, ADKINS, OFFUTT, DIGGES, PARKE, and WALSH, JJ.

Elmer J. Cook and Edgar Allan Poe, for the appellant.

George Weems Williams and Edward H. Burke, for the appellee.

ADKINS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, affirming the decree, with costs to the appellee.

Unreported cases.

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