Chaffee v. Chaffee
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed by complainant for a divorce a mensa et thoro, and for alimony. The cause was heard in the court below on the pleadings and proofs, and the bill was dismissed. The complainant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
The bill was filed for a divorce a mensa et thoro, and for alimony, or a reasonable support and maintenance for complainant and her daughter Lizzie, a young lady about twenty-two years of age, alleged to be an invalid, unable to support herself, and compelled by the defendant to leave her home. . '
The case was heard in the court below upon pleadings and proofs, and the bill being dismissed, the case comes to this court upon appeal. A preliminary objection is taken by the defendant, that the bill does not make a case warranting the relief prayed. As we are all of opinion that the…
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