CRENTSIL V. CRENTSIL

SARKODEE-ADDO J.S.C.

The wife (the respondent in this appeal) petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage on the grounds of adultery and cruelty. She further claimed alimony, custody of their two male children and maintenance for the children in the petition which was heard by Mr. Commissioner Attoh, in the Divisional Court, Cape Coast.

The husband (the appellant in this appeal) filed a belated answer denying the charge of cruelty but there was no denial of the commission of adultery with the woman-named. The husband and the woman-named filed separate affidavits in respect of their means and condition.

Mr. Commissioner Attoh in his judgment delivered on the 21st January, 1959, stated the facts, granted the wife a decree nisi on the ground of adultery and continued:

“On the question of alimony, i.e. permanent maintenance of the wife, I am of the opinion that the petitioner should be given £G21 a month by the respondent by way of alimony and maintenance while she has the custody of the …