Reed v. Reed
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Clair. (Stevens, J.) Bill for support. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley,
J. Suit in equity to compel the defendant to furnish support to the complainant, who claims to be his wife. It is instituted under the Act of 1873, which authorizes such a suit when the husband, without good and sufficient cause, shall desert his wife, or, being of sufficient ability to support her, shall refuse or neglect to properly provide for and suitably maintain her. 1 Sess. L., 1873, p. 203. [How. St. § 6291.]
Most of the material facts in the case are not in dispute. The parties were married in Canada in the year 1850. The defendant was by trade a ‘currier, and neither he nor…
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