The herald., 1897-02-16
A WOMAN IN CONTEMPT
Mrs M. A. Livingston Will
Have to Show Cause
WHY SHE HAS DIS0bEYED COURT
In Conveying Her Property and
Not Paying AIimony
EDWARD ''HESSE'S TROUBLE
4 Suit Declared "vexatious" " by the
Supreme Court
Garldnd's Bid for a Franchise Declared to
Be Invalid
EDWARD ,.HESSE'S TROUBLE
A Suit Declared =" "Vexatious by the
Supreme Court
Garldnd's Bid for a Franchise Declared to
Be Invalid
The Inwardness Of the Smith-StanIey Inn
brogIio to Be UnfoIded-Some Amblirg
Kids in Court-An In sufficient
Deed-Court Notes

The unusually sad state of affairs that
have existed between Samuel w Li~-
ingston and Mrs. Mary A. Livingston
his wife, seem as if they would not
straighten out.
The disquietude that has reigned for
so long in the home of the aged couple
at Pasadena, and that was the result,
according to the holding of the court in
the opinion handed down, of the unl1ind-
ly interference of the daughter of Mrs.
Livingston by previous marriage, has
not been allayed by the full and free
exhibition of the family skeleton in the
court room.
The idea of husband attempting to
compel a wife to contribute to his sup
port is not only unusual but, in a gen.
eral way is contrary to the ideas of pro-
priety commonly obtaining. In this
case, however, the relations of the old
couple were SO unusual that the appli-
cation of the ordinary rules of law
which, since the larger privileges of in
dividual responsibility have been ex-
tended to women, are the same in the
case of either sex, seemed eminently
JuSl anu plOpGis AL OiuSl VI COul
was therefore made by Judge Allen
commanding Mrs. Livingston to pay to
her husband as alimony a sum per
month sufficient to keep body and soul
together At that point it might have
been thought that the matter would
have ended; but as there are contuma-
cious husbands who refuse to pay ali
mony when ordered so it seems there
are contumacious wives who also are
inclined to BID defiance to the court.
AS illustrative of this afiidavits were
filed by Mr. Livingston yesterday
wherein it was shown that on September
10Th, 1896, Judge Mckinley made an or
der restraining Mrs. Livingston from in
any way disposng of the home place at
Pasadena, which order was duly served
upon her That order particularly re-
cites that the same shall remain in force
until the further order of the court
Notwithstanding this order, however
it is alleged that on February lst, 1897,
Mrs. Livingston conveyed the home
place to her daughter Mrs Elizabeth
Wheeler. which conveyance was duly
recorded in the office of the county re-
cordcr
A second affidavit filed by Mr.. Living
ston sets forth the fact that on February
1st the court made an order that the wife
should pay the sum of S24 on the Sth of
February, but that the sum has not been
paid and no modification of the order
has been made or appeal taken from the
order. Affiant in concluding, patheti-
caly says he has no money and is re-
ceiving support from the people of Pasa-
dena, who give him small sums of mon
ey to get enough to eat
The home which it is claimed Mrs.
Jjvir gston has convened to her CauEh-
ter is lot 6, Thomas 6 FarTis' subdivi-
sion of lot l. and portion of lot 4, block
l., of the San Pasqual tract at Pasadena.
Judge Allen made an order yesterday
afternoon citing Mrs. Livingston to ap-
pear and show cause why she should not
be punished for contempt, in disobeying
the order of the court.