Stauffer v. Stauffer
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.— Eon. George E. Shields, Judge:- (1) An offer of reconciliation must be made in good faith and not merely to lay a foundation for a divorce. It must be couched in terms likely to bring about a reconciliation.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.— Eon. George E. Shields, Judge:- (1) An offer of reconciliation must be made in good faith and not merely to lay a foundation for a divorce. It must be couched in terms likely to bring about a reconciliation. A cold and formal invitation to return, especially if it does not contain an expression of regret for the offerer’s own wrong-doing, is not sufficient as an offer of reconciliation and may be disregarded. 14 Cyc. p. 619. (2) Where one spouse has been guilty of a legal desertion, it seem well settled that he or she, in order to…
1Opinion of the CourtBecker, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court dismissing plaintiff’s suit for separate maintenance.. Plaintiff’s petition sets out the marriage of the parties in 1880 and that the defendant deserted plaintiff in 1910 and thereafter failed to properly support plaintiff.
It is not disputed but that the defendant voluntarily abandoned plaintiff as alleged in the petition and that though defendant did make payments to the plaintiff from time to time after lie abandoned ber, yet sneh payments were insufficient for ber support, and that from February, 1918, until November, 1918, and from…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Creasey v. CreasyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
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