Gifford v. Gifford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex on June 30, 1921, by a husband against his wife, praying that a decree, entered on November 17, 1915, on petition of the wife, adjudging that she was living apart from her husband for justifiable cause, enjoining him from imposing any restraint on her personal, liberty and ordering him to pay to her for her support $20 forthwith and $6 each week, “be annulled or modified as to the amount of the allowance.”
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Petition, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex on June 30, 1921, by a husband against his wife, praying that a decree, entered on November 17, 1915, on petition of the wife, adjudging that she was living apart from her husband for justifiable cause, enjoining him from imposing any restraint on her personal, liberty and ordering him to pay to her for her support $20 forthwith and $6 each week, “be annulled or modified as to the amount of the allowance.” The grounds stated by the petitioner were that he was “ a man of limited wages,” and the following: "First. Your petitioner…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
A decree on a petition brought under R. L. c. 153, § 33, was entered in the Probate Court on November 11, 1915,. ordering Nathan A. Gifford to pay to Bernice T. Gifford $20 forthwith and the sum of $6 per week thereafter until the further order-of the court. On June 30, 1921, Nathan filed in the Probate Court, his petition, praying that the decree above referred to be annulled,, or modified on various grounds as to the amount of the allowance;; a hearing was had and the petition was dismissed; the petitioner Nathan A. Gifford appealed.
At the hearing he was asked by his counsel: “Did you some…
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