Barney v. Tourtellotte

This is an action to recover for the board of the defendant’s wife and child. The plaintiff contended that the wife was living apart from her husband for justifiable cause; *107and, to prove this fact, put in evidence a decree of the Probate Court of Worcester county, rendered on July 1, 1882, upon the petition of the wife, under the Pub. Sts. o. 147, § 33, which decree has not been revoked. This decree was, that, “ it appearing that the said Ida H. Tourtellotte is living separate and apart from the said Leutella H. Tourtellotte for justifiable cause, it is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed…