Ford v. Kittredge

In 1855, plaintiff instituted suit, in which she prayed to be separated from bed and board from her husband, and also for a dissolving of the community. The same judgment which pronounced the separation dissolved the community of acquets and gains which had existed between them, and reserved the question of the settlement of the community for a future occasion. Subsequently, by agreement between the parties, plaintiff’s rights in the community were fixed at ten thousand dollars, for which judgment was rendered in her favor. Up to and including the year 1860, she received $1000 per annum from…