Zartarian

In this action plaintiff sought a divorce from the defendant on two grounds—cruelty and desertion. Defendant by her answer denied the material allegations of the complaint.

Defendant also served and filed a cross-complaint, in which it is alleged, among other things, that for a long time after the marriage of the parties hereto they lived together in Boston, Massachusetts, during which time plaintiff carried on and maintained a prosperous shoe-repairing business in that city; that during such time plaintiff upon several occasions ran away and left defendant, and that he finally sold the business for one thousand five hundred dollars, and, taking such sum, together with some three thousand dollars which he had in the bank at that time, left “and came to California, city of Los Angeles,” at which place he bought out a grocery business. That some time after plaintiff’s departure from Boston, defendant, learning his whereabouts, “followed the plaintiff to the city of Los Angeles about November 15, 1915, and there effected a reconciliation, and lived with said plaintiff up to the very day of February 12, 1916, in the city of Los Angeles”; that plaintiff and defendant carried on said…