DUNBAR v. DUNBAR

No. 244.

190 U.S. 340 (1903)

DUNBAR v. DUNBAR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Hamilton Lewis and Mr. George Fred Williams for plaintiff in error. Mr. James A. Halloran was on the brief.

Mr. Frank H. Stewart for defendant in error. Mr. John Oscar Teele was on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

Had the provisions of this contract, so far as contracting to pay money for the support of his wife is concerned, been embodied in the decree of divorce which the husband obtained from his wife in Ohio on the ground of desertion, the liability of the husband to pay the amount as alimony, notwithstanding his discharge in bankruptcy, cannot be doubted. Audubon...

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