Smith v. Waalkes
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; Grove, J. Bill by Jane Smith against Martin Waalkes, impleaded with Baltus Smith, for an injunction. Defendant appeals from an order adjudging him guilty of contempt, and awarding damages to complainant.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The complainant filed a bill in chancery against her husband, Baltus Smith, and this defendant. The bill shows that she and Baltus Smith were married in Kent county in 1873, and that they had been out of the State, in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and California, and that neither had resided in the State but a short time immediately preceding the filing of the bill of complaint; that' they had lived together as husband and wife until August,^ 1894; that complainant had borne her husband seven children, three of whom were then living, their ages ranging from 16 to 8 years; that, in the spring of…
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