¶1There is’ no proof of the wilfulness of the defendant’s absence. In the absence of the husband, the wife, alone, with little or no provision, has gone to her friends, and continues there. There is no proof he ever went for her, or that she is in a condition to return, or that he has made provision, or even that she knows he has returned. Bill dismissed.
1 Wright 455
Frarell v. Frarell
Decided September 15, 1833
Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1833-09-15
Divorce, cause, wilful absence. It appeared in evidence that these parties were married in 1829. In May, 1830, the petitioner took a job on the canal, at a distance from his home, and went to perform the work, leaving his wife behind in a cabin, with a scanty supply of provision. Soon after he left, she took her little furniture and went to her mother’s, where she staid a short time, and then went to her brother’s, where she still resides.
Decided 1833-09-15