Barber v. Barber Ex Rel. Cronkhite
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the the District Court of the United States for the district of Wisconsin. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court. The reporter would give these arguments in extenso, but for tbe circumstance that tbe points in the case are thoroughly examined in tbe opinion of tbe court and in tbe dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Daniel.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
We regard this as a. suit for a wife brought on tbe equity. side of tbe District Court of tbe United States for tbe district of Wisconsin, by hér next friend, George Cronkhite, a citizen of tbe State of New York, against Hiram Barber, a citizen of tbe State of Wisconsin, to give the same validity to a judgment in that State which it has in the State of New York against the defendant for the payment of alimony to his wife, who has been divorced from him a mensa et thoro, with an allowance of alimony by a court, which had, when the décree was made,…
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