A HUSBAND’S LIABILITY
LIMITATION TESTED. An interesting point arose in a main* teuance case winch came before Mr J. E. Wilson, S.M., in the Auckland Police Court (writes our correspondent). Hose Hannah, a aoung married woman, admitted' that vhe received an allowance of -C2 a week from her husband, but applied for more because she did not see why she snould work when he could afford to keep her. The parties had lived separately since 1912. Her husband, she declared, had plenty of money. She admitted 1 hat she could earn a living as a tailored. Tho magistrate explained that a husband’s liability extended only to'providing against his wife’s uhd accordingly., the application, taunt he dismissed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10536, 12 March 1920, Page 4
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