| Show A good country fur motters ln in law A paris correspondent tells of a fact not generally pene rally known on oil this side of the water namely that io in france a man on enter ing in into the holy bonds of matrimony ren ders himself legally responsible not only fur for the support of his wife but for that of tier her parents in fit case they should become destitute destitute sti tute and the same obligation is incurred by the wife in regard to the t lie father and mother of her husband hus bind when however tills this enactment was inscribed in the code the practice tico of divorce did not form part of french lr ench law and this fact let has given rise recently to it a couple of very curiola suits snits A husband who was divorced sonie lime ago was much lucli surprised to receive a summons from his bis ex law to pay tile the usual installment of the ahin alimony cilly which he be had allowed her during his i mar itin I 1 ried life of course the young titan man argued chatas clial as the law bad rid hini him of ills his wife equity would scarcely force him to support lik his mother in law the paris court however informed tho the defendant that equity or no equity the code was un unmistakable mistakable and that he would have to pay tho the money ile denitti red naturally at such a i fare farcical iral decision and appealed to the court of cassation which invalidated the finding of tile the lo 10 lower ver tribunal |
