Margarum v. Margarum

Grey, V. C.

The bill is filed by a wife, alleging abandonment and nonsupport by the defendant husband.

In order to vest this court with jurisdiction it must be shown, first, that the husband abandoned or separated himself from the wife, and secondly, that he refused or neglected to support her.

Both of these conditions must exist under section 20 of the Divorce act (which alone vests this court with jurisdiction in cases of this character) to justify an application to compel the husband to pay an allowance for the support of the wife.

The condition of abandonment must necessarily be the husband’s…