The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Husbands and Wives [From the London Saturday Review]

"Husbands and Wives [From the London Saturday Review]." New York Saturday Press, August 26, 1865, 53-55.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

A judge's decision to give a wife a large monetary settlement due to her husband's cruelty in driving her away is questioned for setting a dangerous precedent.