District of Columbia Court of Appeals September 15, 1874, No. 3508 (Secor v. Secor)

I. A divorce will not be granted oñ the ground of the alleged insanity of the wife previous to marriage where more than thirty years have elapsed since the marriage, and a family of children are still living who have reached the age of maturity.

III. Where husband and wife agree to live separate and apart from each other, there can be no divorce on the ground of abandonment.

STATEMENT OE THE CASE.