Williams v. Williams

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Sonoma County annulling the marriage of John Joseph Williams and Nora Maguire Williams.

The undisputed evidence shows the following facts: Upon the entry of this country into the recent World War, Williams enlisted in the infantry, was in due time sent to Prance with the First Division and took part in some of the active service in which that division was engaged. On or about the eighth day of June, 1918, he was wounded in the head by shrapnel, received treatment for said injury, and later returned again to active service. Williams was again wounded on or about the 20th of July, 1918, and as a result thereof it was necessary to amputate his right foot. He was given treatment at various hospitals until, under date of September 7, 1918, he was admitted to the Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., for observation, at which hospital he remained until September 9, 1919, and was then transferred to the Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco. Under date of November 21, 1919, the army medical board recommended Williams for discharge as “unfit for service as a soldier because of (1) amputation of right leg just above ankle joint. (2)…