Legal Opinion

Tonjes v. Tonjes

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 15, 1897PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Cross-appeals by the plaintiff and defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 23d day of November, 1896, which modified the provisions of a judgment in respect to alimony for the support and maintenance of the plaintiff and her children entered in an action for separation.

1Opinion of the Court

Hatch, J.:

The plaintiff appeals from that part of the order which fixes the sum awarded as alimony to the plaintiff, claiming that the sum allowed is not a proper or sufficient sum to meet • the necessities of the plaintiff and her children, and that the same is disproportionate to defendant’s income and his ability to pay. The defendant appeals from so much of the order as changes the award of alimony for plaintiff’s support and maintenance and the support and maintenance of her children. The last appeal challenges the power of the court to' make the order appealed from. The action is for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wetmore v. . WetmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. Romaine v. . ChaunceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. People Ex Rel. Peake v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  4. People, Ex Rel. Collins v. . SpicerNew York Court of Appeals · 1885

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Sistare v. SistareSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Richards v. RichardsNew York Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Freund v. FreundNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1906
  4. Sistare v. SistareSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
  5. Burton v. BurtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

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