#### Alma Barginde, Appellee, v. Ewald Barginde, Appellant.

Gen. No. 20,242.

(Not to be reported in full.)

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mazzini Slusser, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1914.

Affirmed.

Opinion filed November 9, 1914.

Statement of the Case.

Alma Barginde, complainant, filed a hill for separate maintenance, alleging cruelty and drunkenness of Ewald Barginde, defendant. After a hearing, the court granted a decree of separate maintenance in favor of the complainant and ordered the defendant to pay eight dollars a week for the support of complainant and her minor daughter. From the decree, defendant appeals.

S. L. & Fred Lowenthal, for appellant.

William L. Reed and Henry W. Huttmann, for appellee.

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See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols, XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.

Mr. Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

*391Abstract of the Decision.

1. Husband and wife, § 220 * —ground for separate maintenance. Where the evidence showed that the defendant was frequently intoxicated and was brought home in such condition several times and that he struck and beat his wife several times, causing her face to be bruised and swollen, it was held sufficient to sustain a decree of separate maintenance and for support

2. Husband and wife, § 226 * —when quarrelsome conduct of wife no defense to an action for separate maintenance. The testimony of the alleged quarrelsome conduct of complainant was considered but did not justify a disturbance of the decree for separate maintenance and alimony.

3. Husband and wife, § 243 * —when amount of alimony not excessive. . Where there was nothing in the financial condition of a husband to render difficult the payment of eight dollars a week for the support of his wife and a minor daughter, the order of the payment of such a periodical sum was justified.