Cunningham v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a wife against her husband for an order of main-' tenance for herself and her infant child. The first trial was reported in 72 Conn. 157. On the second trial, Thayer, J.> she obtained judgment that he pay her $40 a month, beginning from and after the institution of the action, and that execution issue monthly on the twentieth day of each month after the date of the judgment “for the amount of any payment or payments then unpaid.” Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
It was determined by a former judgment of this court that the plaintiff had stated a good cause of action on the statute (Public Acts of 1893, p. 250, Chap. 88). Cunningham v. Cunningham, 72 Conn. 157. By an amendment, her complaint was afterwards made to claim the appropriate relief, and it has now been found true by the Superior Court. The following facts are also stated in the finding : The defendant paid her hoard to her mother, with whom she lived after he deserted her-, until May 12th, 1896, when her child was horn. Since then she and the child have been boarded and supported by her…
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