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Farber v. Farber

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 18, 1884PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Lucas District Court. Action to recover alimony on tlie ground that the defendant has failed and refused to provide for the maintenance and support of the plaintiff and her child. The defendant in his answer pleaded that plaintiff, without sufficient cause, had abandoned him and the home provided for her, and refused to live with him, although he had frequently requested and urged her to do so.

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Appeal from Lucas District Court. Action to recover alimony on tlie ground that the defendant has failed and refused to provide for the maintenance and support of the plaintiff and her child. The defendant in his answer pleaded that plaintiff, without sufficient cause, had abandoned him and the home provided for her, and refused to live with him, although he had frequently requested and urged her to do so. The court decreed that the defendant should pay the plaintiff $230 annually, in quarterly payments, for the support of herself and child; and further provided that the decree should at all…

1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.

The parties were married in June, 1875, and lived together until April, 1876, when the plaintiff left the defendant’s house and home on a farm, and went to Chariton, and resided in said town until April, 1877, when she and the defendant mutually agreed to live together on the defendant’s farm, in what is called a “waste house”, which, prior to that time had been used for storing agricultural implements, corn, and possibly other produce. They lived together in said house until the latter part of June, 1877, when they separated, and have not lived together since that time. Both of the parties…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Graves v. GravesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Daniels v. DanielsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1886
  2. In re DoleHawaii Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Lesh v. LeshCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1903
  4. Avery v. AverySupreme Court of Iowa · 1945
  5. Simpson v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894

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