Burke v. Burke

This is an action brought by a wife against her husband to recover reimbursement for expenditures for her support and the support of their children, and by her and the children for a decree for future support.

The named plaintiff and the defendant were married at Lawrence, Massachusetts, on July 14, 1934, and immediately took up their residence in Elizabeth, N. J. They have two children ; Barbara, born March 23, 1935, and Eileen, born August 24, 1936. In the summer of 1938 the defendant was out of employment and, because of that, he put his household furniture in storage (it was later lost to…