173 P. 572 | Or. | 1918
It appears by the abstract that the defendant served her notice of appeal January 15, 1918. The affidavit of the plaintiff in support of his motion to dismiss the appeal is to the effect that the defendant accepted two payments of alimony before she served her notice of appeal and that since then, up to and including April 1, 1918, she has accepted from the defendant the monthly payments of $40 adjudged by the decree and accruing subsequent to its
It is true that under Section 7040, L. O. L., et seq., a wife, in a proper proceeding, may procure a decree requiring her husband to provide for her support and it has been held in such cases that she must show that she is living apart from her husband without her fault: Fowler v. Fowler, 31 Or. 65 (49 Pac. 589); Ivanhoe v. Ivanhoe, 68 Or. 297 (136 Pac. 21, 49 L. R. A. (N. S.) 86). Under proper averments this procedure might avail the defendant in her contention stated in her affidavit to the effect that the money is necessary for her support, but that question is not presented on the record before us.
The motion to dismiss the appeal must be allowed.
Appeal Dismissed.