Tully v. Stout

MacLEAN, J. Stout, having been convicted of being a disorderly person in having abandoned his wife and children, and ordered to pay the plaintiff $6 weekly, with his codefendant gave a bond for such weekly payment for the space of one year from the 8th day of February last; but they having defaulted, and having been brought into court in this action for arrears, the defendants have obtained judgment upon testimony that Stout, subsequently to his conviction, offered to live with his wife and to support her. This was error. However relevant and competent in proceedings before the conviction, such evidence was inadmissible in the action, wherein the only questions were a compliance or non compliance with the condition of the bond. Keller, v. Foleron, 36 Misc. Rep. 534, 73 N. Y. Supp. 951. Judgment reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event. All concur.