Commissioners of Public Charities ex rel. Myers v. Myers

Cobb, C. J. :

This is an application to have defendant adjudged a disorderly person and to compel him to support his infant child, pursuant to section 685 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended.

Josephine Myers, on whose complaint these proceedings were begun, was married to defendant in 1903. In November, 1914, defendant left her and forthwith commenced an action for absolute divorce in the Supreme Court in New York County. After trial of the issues, and on February 15, 1915, defendant obtained an interlocutory decree and the custody of the one child then living was awarded him. On April…