In re Springer

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

In July, 1919, the petitioner Hannah P. Springer filed her complaint in the circuit court of the third judicial circuit against the respondent Malcolm M. Springer alleging that “the libellee for more than sixty days last past, to wit, since the 7th day of November, 1918, has wilfully *639neglected to provide the said libellant the common necessaries of life, having the ability so to do, and has compelled libellant to live upon the charity of friends, notwithstanding libellee is abundantly able to support libellant and is in constant receipt of wages sufficient…