Irwin v. Irwin

No adjudication in this state has been brought to my attention in which it may be said that an agreement between husband and wife contemplating their living apart and stipulating the amount the wife shall be entitled to receive in satisfaction of the husband's duty of support, has been recognized as operative to withdraw from this court the performance of its statutory duty when granting a decree of divorce for the subsequent adultery of the husband to award alimony to the wife in such amount as shall be found from "the circumstances of the parties and the nature of the case" * * * "fit,…