Carbone v. Carbone

The petitioner’s action is based on the contract of marriage between herself and the respondent. The question to be determined is whether the respondent is answerable for the support and maintenance of the -petitioner and her child by a former marriage. The respondent denies that he is legally hable either for the support of his alleged wife or his alleged stepchild.

*925Though the testimony in the case leaves no shadow of doubt as to the fact that the petitioner and respondent entered upon a marriage contract in the State of Connecticut and that the marriage had been consummated, it is the…