Reischfield v. Reischfield

This is an action by the wife for a separation on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment, abandonment, and neglect and refusal to provide for her ¡support. The defendant denies all of these allegations and sets up a voluntary separation agreement, executed by the parties, as an additional defense.

It appears that the parties lived unhappily and quarreled from time to time, and separated for temporary periods before their final separation in June, 1915. At that time they were living together in New York city, and the wife agreed to sign a separation *562agreement if the husband would repay a…