Blanchard v. . Blanchard

It is unnecessary for a husband to depart from his home and leave his wife in order- to abandon her. By cruel treatment or failure to provide for her support, he may compel her to leave him. This, under our decisions, would constitute abandonment by the husband. Crews v. Crews, 175 N. C., 168, 95 S. E., 149; Dowdy v. Dowdy, 154 N. C., 558, 70 S. E., 917; High v. Bailey, 107 N. C., 70, 12 S. E., 45. The plaintiff, however, in order to obtain affirmative relief under the provisions of G. S., 50-16, must meet the requirements of the statute for divorce from bed and board. G. S., 50-7; Pollard v.…