Galland v. Galland
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth District, City and County of San Francisco. The case is stated in the opinions.
1Opinion of the CourtCbookett, J.
The question presented on this appeal is, whether or not a wife, who, without cause or provocation, is driven from her husband’s house with her infant child, and is wholly without the means of support, can maintain an action against the husband for a reasonable allowance, for the maintenance of herself and child, unless she couples with the application a prayer for a divorce ?
In the early days of English jurisprudence, the rights of the wife, as against the husband or his estate, were extremely limited. The theory was, that her separate entity was merged in his; that she was to be so…
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