East v. King

Citations

• 77 Miss. 738

Syllabus

<p>1. Husband and Wife. Parent and child. Liability of husband and father. Maintenance of tvife and child.</p> <p>A husband and father is bound to support his wife and infant children, and if he leaves them without means of subsistence, he is liable to the wife’s mother who furnishes them.</p> <p>2. Same. Wife driven away.</p> <p>If a husband drives his wife away from his home, or so conducts himself towards her as to entitle her to a' divorce from bed and board, he will be liable for her'maintenance and the maintenance of his infant children in her custody.</p>