Byerly v. . Byerly

Pee Cubiam.

C. S., 1667, in part, is as follows: “If any husband • shall separate himself from his wife and fail to provide her and the children of the marriage with the necessary subsistence according to his means and condition in life, . . . and it shall be lawful for such judge to cause the husband to secure so much of his estate or to pay so much of his earnings, or both, as may be proper,” etc. This section was amended by Public Laws 1921, ch. 123, as follows: “That section one thousand six hundred and sixty-seven (1667) of Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina be amended by inserting…