32 N.J. Eq. 25 | New York Court of Chancery | 1880
Tbe bill prays a divorce a mensa et thoro, and that the wife may have a separate maintenance. It prays other relief, also, and contains the general prayer. It is based on the allegation that the husband, in July, 1878, left his house in Lambertville, in which he and his wife were living together, and went to live elsewhere in the town, and has ever since continued to live separate from her, and has ever since refused to provide her with money for clothing and other things necessary to her comfort. The answer alleges that the defendant has, since the separation (which, it states, was with the consent of the complainant), ascertained that the complainant had a lawful husband living,when she married the defendant, and that therefore she is not the defendant’s lawful wife, and it denies the allegations of the
The bill cannot be sustained as a bill for divorce. It states no cause of divorce. But it may be sustained as a bill for support under the 20th section of the divorce act. It alleges that the defendant, without justifiable cause, has abandoned his wife and refuses to support her adequately. The defendant, while he denies that there was a marriage
The defendant, while he admits that he left the complain ant, alleges and swears that he did so with her full consent and in accordance with her express wish; and the case made by the bill is otherwise completely met by the answer and the affidavits on the part of the defendant. The motion will be denied.