State ex rel. Travis v. Maxwell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Original application by the State, on the relation of Lavinia T. Travis, for a writ of mandamus against Haymond Maxwell, Judge, and others, to require the court to make a reasonable allowance for expenses while prosecuting a suit against petitioner’s husband, R. A. Travis, for separate support and maintenance.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
The petitioner seeks by original process of mandamus from this court to require the respondent to make her a reasonable allowance for expenses, and for her support while prosecuting her suit in his court against Robert A. Travis for separate support and maintenance, on the ground of his desertion of her without cause.
According to the return of respondent he was constrained to deny the petitioner suit money and money for her separate maintenance pendente lite on the ground that she had no suit pending for divorce, and that he- felt bound by the ruling of this court in Chapman v.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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