de Trevino v. Trevino
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. Appellant brought this suit against appellee, who was her husband. She alleged that their marriage took place in 1872, in March; that she was a good and faithful wife, and lived with her husband until September, 1873, at which time, by false and fraudulent pretenses, he induced her to return to her father’s house, for a short time, as be represented and as she believed.
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Appeal from Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Russell. Appellant brought this suit against appellee, who was her husband. She alleged that their marriage took place in 1872, in March; that she was a good and faithful wife, and lived with her husband until September, 1873, at which time, by false and fraudulent pretenses, he induced her to return to her father’s house, for a short time, as be represented and as she believed. That he continued to provide for her to a limited extent until January, 1875, when he utterly refused to provide for her any further, and since that time had…
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.
The real object of this suit is to compel a husband to support a wife whom he has abandoned, and who is not seeking a divorce. If the plaintiff were suing for divorce her remedy would be complete. R. S., arts. 2860-2870. Or if she owned real estate, and her husband were improperly appropriating the revenues, she would have a somewhat restricted remedy; but not in the district court. R. S., art. 2856. But in the present case the wife appears to have no remedy—at least in this form of action.
We think, therefore, that the judgment should be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed,
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