Legal Opinion

Hollon v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided January 22, 1957No. 7 Div. 409Published

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

This case presents the question, under our desertion and non-support statute, Code 1940, Title 34, Sections 89-104, inch, as to whether or not abandonment of the'wife by the husband is a sine qua non, and if so cari his conduct which causes her (without fault on her part) to leave his bed and board be a constructive abandonment of her by him within the meaning of Section 90, which reads, for purposes of our enquiry, as follows:

■ “Any husband who shall, without just cause, desert or wilfully neglect or refuse or fail to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife; * * *…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. St. John v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Crossley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1932
  3. Dickey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924

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