Lathrop v. Lathrop
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a wife to compel her husband to contribute to her support, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and referred to a committee who heard and reported the facts; the court, Case, J., accepted the report of the committee, found the statements of facts therein to be true, and rendered judgment for the plaintiff for $100 a month, from which the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
This action is brought by a wife against her husband. It is brought under § 2499 of the General Statutes, which, provides that “ when any person shall become poor and unable to support himself or herself and family, and shall have a husband, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, children or grandchildren, who are able to provide such support, it shall be provided by them ; and if they shall neglect to provide it, the selectmen of the town, or the wife of such husband, or any of such relatives, may bring a complaint therefor to the superior court . . . against such husband or any of…
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