75 Vt. 432
Decided August 31, 1903
Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1903-08-31
<p>Divorce — C auses — D esertion.</p> <p>That a wife, without physical excuse and for three consecutive years, refuses to have sexual intercourse with the husband, does not entitle him to a divorce for desertion.</p>
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently January 1926
5 state decisions
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Petition dismissed · Decided 1903-08-31
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¶1The fact that a wife, without physical excuse and for three consecutive years, refuses to' have sexual intercourse with the husband, while fulfilling all the other duties of the relation, does mot entitle the husband to a divorce “for wilful desertion for three consecutive years.”
¶2Judgment affirmed.