Crews v. . Crews
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Special PROCEEDINGS for award of “alimony without divorce,” under section 1567, Revisal, heard at chambers 9 October, 1917, by Whedbee, J.j Fall Term, 1917, of Nance. It appears that, a few days prior to this time, the defendant, in term, had been tried and acquitted on an indictment of criminal abandonment of the plaintiff.
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Special PROCEEDINGS for award of “alimony without divorce,” under section 1567, Revisal, heard at chambers 9 October, 1917, by Whedbee, J.j Fall Term, 1917, of Nance. It appears that, a few days prior to this time, the defendant, in term, had been tried and acquitted on an indictment of criminal abandonment of the plaintiff. The case on appeal states that, on the call of the present cause, his Honor, on inquiry, being informed that it was the same ease which had been tried in term a few days before, said he was familiar with the facts and, over defendant’s objection, proceeded to hear and…
1Opinion of the Court
HoKE, J".
In section 1567, ch. 31, Revisal, entitled “Alimony "Without Divorce,” provision is made that, “Wherever a husband shall separate himself from his wife and fail to provide her with the necessary subsistence according to his means and condition in life, or if he shall be a drunkard or spendthrift, the wife may apply for a special proceeding to the judge of the Superior Court for the county in which he resides, to have a reasonable subsistence secured to her and to the children of the marriage from the estate of her husband, and it shall be lawful for such judge to cause the husband to…
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