Legal Opinion

State v. Harris

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 1, 1921PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Mason county. Proceedings by the State against Z. L. Harris for nonsupport of complainant wife. Judgment requiring defendant to pay complainant a monthly sum and committing him to the county jail in default of a recognizance for personal appearance and for compliance with the order for support, and he brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

POEFENBARGER, JUDGE:

The judgment complained of on this writ of error was rendered in a proceeding by a wife against her husband, on the ground of non-support, under the provisions of secs. 16c (1) to 16c (8) of ch. 144 of Barnes’ Code of 1918, and, in addition to a requirement that the defendant pay the eom-*99plainant $15.00 per month, for her support, until the further order of the court,' it committed him to the custody of the sheriff and imposed upon him a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail with hard labor on the public roads for a period of one year, unless he should enter into a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fisher v. SommervilleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. SavastiniSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1954
  2. Cruikshank v. DuffieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  3. State ex rel. Wright v. BennettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. State v. GoudyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Tomlinson v. CunninghamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1928

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