Cunningham v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit hy a married woman to compel her husband, who had deserted her, to provide her and their minor child with suitable support, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the- court, Robinson, -X, upon the defendant’s demurrer to the substituted complaint; the court sustained the demurrerand rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Suit hy a married woman to compel her husband, who had deserted her, to provide her and their minor child with suitable support, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the- court, Robinson, -X, upon the defendant’s demurrer to the substituted complaint; the court sustained the demurrerand rendered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The original complaint alleged a desertion, five months after marriage, and a neglect to provide the plaintiff with the necessaries of life, though, the defendant is worth…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Under General Statutes, § 3318, as amended by the Public Acts of 1893, p. 250, Chap. 88, it is provided that “ when any person shall become poor and unable to support himself or herself and family, and shall have relatives in the degree of husband, father or mother . . . 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 of the county in which such poor person resides, against any of such relatives able to…
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