The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-11-30
who was door sl0 GOO i. year ia cold,

who was poor. $10 900 Q year 10 gold
but after their daughters death they
stopped the allowance and refused TO
make any provision for the support ol
himself and child unless be would
commit the latter entirely to their care.
Declining to do this the Baron brought
suit, 10 France, against Mr.. and Mrs.
Penuiman. to compel them to make an
allowance for the maintenance OF bim-
self and child. The suit was instituted
under q peculiar law OF France, which
says that wealthy parents shall
render pecuniary assistance to their
needy children; that wealthy children
shall contribute to the support OF their
impoverished families and that fathers
IN law, mothers in-iaw, sots>in-law,
and danghters-in-law owe to one another
the same assistance that they would
owe, il they were blood relations. These
blrgations, however, upon relations BY
marriage are in force only while there
ia child living who is lineally de-
seended both from the person who
demands and the person who is required
to render pecuniary assistance" under
the law referred to, the Baron obtained
q judgment against Mr. and Mrs Pen
nimsu that they SHOULD jointly and
severally pay to him an allowance Of
$500 per year, 1920 t. be retained by
him tor his own support, and S24UO to
be expended by him Tor the support
and education OF his daughter The
defendants appealed to the highest
court in France, which affirmed the
judgment o. the court below. Mr..
Pennimsn and his wife then returned
TO Amer Ca, leaving no property in
France out ofwbich the judgment could
be satisfied, and the Baron brought suit
against them, upon his French judy
ment, in the United States Circuit
Court for the Southern D slr,ct OF this
State.
Tne case came mp on Saturday in
that c)urt, he ore Judge Woodruff, on
! demurrer irterposed in b-hslr OF the
DEFENDANTS by F. K Condert and R. H.
BrSne wa" arguel that the French
Jaw compelling rel .trvrs by marriage to
support one another was contrary to
the entire system American legis'a
ion; and that therefore It would be
10th illegal and INDUSTRIOUS o force ihr
lie eudtuts. who are Americans, "to
ABIDE bv the decision OF the French
Curt, foundel upon a local law Of
France, which has no extra te ri,orial
-tfrc', aud to make year after year. 10
tIeIr former son-rn.law an allowance
Shch II" one o. Their own children can
esslly dem md 'ro-r them" G NJ Van
Ilo-en aud C 2. Hoff nan, for The plain
Ut, coateniri that the fact th,t the
rvs OF this cIun'ry failed 10 impose
recrproc I, assistance upon rel tuves
" marria.P, d 4 not make the
.xecrllon OF the Frencr iudgm mt con-
rary to the public policy and u the
legislative >y4lem OF this eou TRY; tn II
re ju lyme t, hsving hem pronounced
nv n 'urt having jurisdiction OF the
parties in action. and the subject mat
Ter heirg conclusive s.s 10 liz merits, the
ia l,m-nt should be execute a. Tor
egn decree fr alimony would he, and
that it is OF no importance that the
French law differs from the law OIL The
Unitrd States, it being admitted that
The case was properly decided according
TO the law Of France" where the mar
rage was contracted and where the
cniIi was horn.
Judge Woodruff reserved his decision
1t ls legged by persons well acqu ,inted
with the facts IN the case, that Brlmont
ra- not drop of noble blood 10 his
veins, but that, Tor the purpose OF mar
r,irg an American heiress, he pur-
cha-ed the right 10 use, for a time, the
title of Baron.
THEATRES.
The la'est ft1Gt ano"g theatre goers
has Seen aroused 10y III production. at
he Fifth Avenue ruearre," Of "The
Merry Wives OF Windsor" 1t has
Irawn large crowds rom the first. Il
il well p'i upon the stage both as to
lress and scenery: ami Mr.. Charles
Fish as Faistqf, sttnd- the test OF the
critics cruclb remarkably we'll
OTHER THEATRES.
The fact is nearly all the popular
places o. amusemenrs are doing well.
and ss everybody goes somewhere dur
iny Tnar k-g,ving week. they expect to
10 uuusally well at the present time.
ALLlMAC.