Davies v Davies (No 2)

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Refusal to adjudicate — Appeal — Jurisdiction of High Court — Wife's complaint of persistent cruelty, desertion for less than three years and wilful neglect to maintain — Refusal to adjudicate on ground that all matters more conveniently dealt with in High Court — Power of justices to divide matters and refer in part to High Court — Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 39), ss. 10 and 11.