Goc v. Goc

This is the husband's appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery directing him to pay to his wife, the complainant below and respondent here, the sum of $1,712.70.

Jennie Goc and John Goc were married in 1931. Their education, business knowledge and command of the English language are limited. She was employed as a factory hand and domestic servant, he as a laborer. At the time of their marriage, the husband had a savings account in his name in the Passaic National Bank. In 1939 the account was changed to "John Goc or Jenna Goc." The husband then affixed his mark and fingerprints to, and…