Bloodgood v. Bloodgood

— I find in the opinion of the court of appeals in Griffin agt. Griffin (47 N. Y., 134), delivered by Rapallo, J., the very decided expression of opinion that the provisions of the Revised Statutes as to requiring the husband to pay sums necessary to carry on the suit during its pendency are “ very properly restricted to cases where the wife admits *43the existence of a valid marriage, and seeks a divorce or separation for subsequent misconduct of the husband. Where she denies the existence of the marriage she cannot consistently claim that the defendant is under any obligation to provide her…