Parsons v. Parsons
Superior Court of New Hampshire
In ChanceRí. The bill, which was brought by Frances Parsons, by John Smith, her next friend, against George H. Parsons and John Gilman, stated the marriage of the said George H. and Prances, October 3, 1826—that they lived together at Exeter, in said county, until about the 15th of November, 1831—that having but small means of subsistence, and becoming embarrassed with debt, he absconded, and left her, with one son, a child of said marriage, then about one year old, and…
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In ChanceRí. The bill, which was brought by Frances Parsons, by John Smith, her next friend, against George H. Parsons and John Gilman, stated the marriage of the said George H. and Prances, October 3, 1826—that they lived together at Exeter, in said county, until about the 15th of November, 1831—that having but small means of subsistence, and becoming embarrassed with debt, he absconded, and left her, with one son, a child of said marriage, then about one year old, and thereafter withdrew to places wholly unknown to her, and remained absent and concealed from her, without attempting any…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
It is contended, in the argument, that the jurisdiction of this court is most ample in all causes of marriage, divorce and alimony, the constitution giving all the powers which might be exercised by any of the ecclesiastical courts, courts of chancery, or any tribunal whatever in England .; and it is said that this bill may be sustained upon the ground of a claim for alimony, which is alleged to be the wife’s maintenance during her marriage, and not some provision made for her upon, or after, a dissolution of it.
The term alimony, as generally used in the English books, means a portion, or sum…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schuyler v. HoyleNew York Court of Chancery · 1821
- Yohe v. BarnetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1808
- West v. WestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
- Haviland v. MyersNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
- Tucker v. GordonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1832
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- McGinnis v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- Marston v. CarterSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1841
- Johnson v. CushingSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1844
- Tebbetts v. TiltonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1855
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