Harris v. Harris

In this action for a separation from bed and board, plaintiff wife charges defendant husband with the following marital breaches: (a) failure to support, (b) cruel and inhuman treatment, and (c) abandonment.

The causes of action for failure to support and for cruel and inhuman treatment, I dismissed because of the utter lack of proof for the making out of a prima facie case. The cause of action for abandonment I withheld for further deliberation, in view of the nature of the evidence. After giving the subject of abandonment much thought during the period of ampliation, I have come to the…