Coleman v. Coleman
Hawaii Supreme Court
Appeal prom decree op the Ci-iiep Justice Granting a Separation. Voluntary gifts and. assistance to the wife, from members of her own family, held not to be proof of the husband’s failure to support her. “ Cruelty” defined and held not proven in this case. Evans vs. Evans, 1 Hag. Con., 35 ; 4 Eng. Ecc., 310; followed. Decree appealed from, reversed; Judd, C. J., dissenting.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op a Majority op the Court,
2DissentJudd, C. J.
This is a petition for separation, based on the two grounds of neglect to provide the petitioner with the necessaries of life and of excessive and habitual ill-treatment.
The proofs respecting the first ground amount substantially to this, that the defendant’s father-in-law had assisted him with capital, and had for a part of the time entertained the parties, with their young son, in his own house. This assistance was volunteered in a kind spirit by the father-in-law. He says: “ They came by invitation. I thought his business was not very prosperous and that…
3Cited by2 opinions
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