Politano v. Politano

The defendant, an ignorant and penniless Italian, has been continuously imprisoned for two years and seven months for non-payment of alimony to a young and childless wife, capable of and actually earning her own living. He enjoys the unique, if unhappy, distinction of being the senior inmate of the sheriff’s alimony colony.

The parties hereto were married in October, 1927. As their union was blessed with no children, the plaintiff atoned for this by installing her mother and sister as permanent members of the household. The defendant expended his cash savings of $3,000 in fitting up and…