Dwyer v. Dwyer
Missouri Court of Appeals
APPEAL from the St. Louis Circuit Court, DANIEL DILLON, Judge. The defendant being guilty of conduct such as to constitute him a vagrant within the meaning of the law concerning vagrants, by his utter neglect to contribute ~to the support of his wife, though possessed. of ample means to do so, is a valid ground for divorce. Rev. Stat., sects. 1568, ~174; T~JT7i~aley v. Whaley, 50 Mo. 581; The State ~. Green, 87 Mo. 587; .7k/c Vey v. Mc Vey, 51 Mo. 420.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is an action for divorce and alimony, brought by Mary B. Dwyer against her husband, William Dwyer. The matters of difference which exist between this unfortunate couple now; come before this court for the third time. In the first case Mrs. Dwyer brought an action against her husband for a divorce, shortly after quitting his mansion and separating from him, on the ground, as she alleged, of indignities offered by him to her, such as rendered her condition intolerable. It was held by this court, affirming the judgment of the circuit court, that her evidence failed to exhibit such a state…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dwyer v. DwyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
- Bowers v. BowersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
- Dwyer v. DwyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1876
3Cited by10 opinions
- Garner v. GarnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
- Coulter v. CoulterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Hess v. HessMissouri Court of Appeals · 1938
- St. Louis Fair Ass'n v. CarmodySupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Ford v. FordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
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