Legal Opinion
Melvin v. Melvin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 8, 1942No. 7910PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
This is a wife’s suit for separate maintenance. The District Court awarded her $100 a month, together with counsel fees, and the husband appeals. His salary is $4,600 a year.
Our statute provides: “Whenever any husband shall fail or refuse to maintain his wife and minor children, if any, although able so to do, the court, on application of the wife, may decree that he shall pay her, periodically, such sums as would be allowed to her as permanent alimony in *40case of divorce * * 1 Another statute expressly gives the court jurisdiction, in general, of suits against…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Urquhart v. American-La France Foamite CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
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