Roberts v. Roberts

Defendant wife appeals from a decree which grants plaintiff husband a divorce; denies her prayer for separate maintenance; and allows her ‘“$50.40 per month for a period of 19 months commencing with the month of February, 1957.”

Plaintiff and defendant had known each other for about ten years and had “kept company” on occasions during that period. A week or ten days prior to marriage, defendant visited plaintiff at his home. Marriage was discussed. It was not the first time the parties had discussed matrimony.

It was a matter of concern to defendant that, if she married, she would irrevocably…