Legal Opinion

Burke v. Burke

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 26, 1930PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.

This is an appeal by a husband from a decree of a probate court adjudging that the wife is justifiably living apart, restraining him from interfering with her per*454sonal liberty and ordering him to pay her each week $30 for her support and that of their minor child.

We discover no error of law. The report of facts found by the judge shows no such conduct of the husband as would require a decree for divorce. It discloses a petulant wife; and a husband unable or unwilling to yield legal rights in order to give her happiness or to relieve nervous strain due, possibly, to unreasonable demands on her…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lyster v. LysterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  2. Turner v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  3. Murray v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  4. Goldberg v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  5. Ripley v. RipleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Hayden v. HaydenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  2. Cochrane v. CochraneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  3. Bradford v. BradfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  4. Quigley v. QuigleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  5. Anderson v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968

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