Carey v. Mackey
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On kepokt. This was an action of debt on the bond of the defendant, made and given to the plaintiff, then 'his wife, September 12, 1882, for her separate support. Besides a general count in the declaration for the penal sum of the bond, the plaintiff also declared for forty-five monthly payments of thirty dollars each.
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On kepokt. This was an action of debt on the bond of the defendant, made and given to the plaintiff, then 'his wife, September 12, 1882, for her separate support. Besides a general count in the declaration for the penal sum of the bond, the plaintiff also declared for forty-five monthly payments of thirty dollars each. April 13, 1883, a divorce “a vinculo” with a decree for a gross sum @690.00, as alimony, and the right to resume her maiden name, was granted to the plaintiff, by the court in Florida, where both parties had their domicil. The ease was considered by the law court, on…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The plaintiff declares on the instrument adduced below, as a penal bond, and also upon the covenants expressed in it: — “This agreement made this twelfth day of September 1882, between Jonathan I. Mackey and Alicia C. Mackey, both of Florida and residents of Jacksonville in said Florida, witnessotli that, whereas my wife, Alicia C. Mackey, has this day expressed her desire to me that a separation of relations of man and wife between ourselves might be effected, and for good reasons known to herself, be it known that I hereby consent to said separation, and, in consideration of my duty to her…
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