Rooth v Rooth [1911] ZATPD 10 (23 February 1911)

Husband and wife - Divorce - Malicious desertion - Restitution of conjugal rights ordered outside jurisdiction

Where a husband domiciled in the Transvaal had deserted his wife there, and had left the country and she was residing in England at the time of the trial.

Held that the wife was entitled to an order of restitution of conjugal rights at Pretoria or elsewhere.