Fisher v. Sommerville

Pofeenbarger, Judge :

Upon the assumption that the provisions of Chapter 51 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1917, Sec. 16c (1) to Sec. 16c (8), Ch. 144, Barnes’ Code 1918, authorizing the juvenile, circuit, intermediate and criminal courts to convict any husband who shall, without just cause, desert or wilfully-neglect or refuse to provide for the support and mainten-. ance of his wife in destitute or neeessitious circumstances,,) or any parent who shall, without lawful excuse, desert or-wilfully neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his or her ligitimate' or…