MENDOZA VS CA
CECILIO MENDOZA vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, and LUISA DE LA ROSA MENDOZA G.R. No. L-23102 April 24, 1967 Facts: In the complaint, private respondent, Luisa De La Rosa Mendoza averred that she was married to Cecilio Mendoza on 2 September 1953, that they lived together as husband and wife until 14 July 1954, when the husband departed for the United States to further his studies and practice his profession. Since then, defendant Mendoza, without justifiable cause or reason deliberately abandoned and neglected plaintiff and despite repeated demands by plaintiff, defendant has failed and refused, and still fails and refuses, to provide for the maintenance and support of plaintiff, who is allegedly to be pregnant, sickly and without any source of revenue, while defendant (now petitioner) is employed in a hospital in the United States. Issue: Whether or not the case ...