case ceiling Elizabeth Crawley versus Crawley refer to Wilson v Wilson sim Nov  master of the roll Eq can ab pl S c a agreement for the husband and wife part  and for the husband return his wife portion to her father and for the father  indemnifying the husband from the maintenance and debt of his wife establish  by a decree though the husband offer to receive and maintain his wife the  defendant have marry the plaintiff daughter on a quarrel between he and his  wife they agree to part and the defendant give a note to the plaintiff to pay  he pound be the portion the plaintiff have give with his daughter on demand  the plaintiff save he harmless from any debt his wife may contract and against  all demand for her maintenance c the wife with her child go thereupon and live  with the plaintiff her father and be maintain by he the bill be to compel  payment of the pound the plaintiff offer to perform the agreement on his part  and although the husband now offer to take his wife home and maintain her and  her child and allow the plaintiff for the time pass yet the court decree the  defendant to pay the pound to the plaintiff upon his give security to  indemnify the defendant against the debt and maintenance of the wife and child  the bill be by the father and daughter and it appear that the husband on the  marriage have give a bind to the plaintiff ceiling the wife father in the  penalty of for the payment of a annuity of pound to the wife for her life in  case she survive he in consideration of the above portion of pound and of some  good which he also receive with her but to what amount do not appear which  bind be deliver up to the defendant on his give the above note and return some  of the good and the bill be in the alternative either that the defendant shall  perform his agreement and pay the note and return the remainder of the good or  see that he shall settle the pound per and on the wife and secure the good to  her in case she shall survive he and make a present competent allowance for  her and her child and pay the plaintiff the father for their maintenance since  they have come to he and the decree order that the say defendant do pay the to  the say plaintiff ceiling the father with interest from the fill of the bill  and upon payment of the same the plaintiff the father be at his charge to give  security to be approve by the master to keep the plaintiff Elizabeth and her  child and to indemnify the defendant the husband against any charge that may  happen to he by his wife and child and as to the matter of maintenance the  bill be dismiss but the defendant be order to pay the cost of the suit and he  be at liberty to take his child from the plaintiff when he shall think fit to  demand he and then to maintain he at his own expense Reg lib b fol it seem  perfect decor as a general doctrine that in case similar to the principal case  equity will decree or carry into effect a agreement for Vernon chancery case  er p a separate maintenance for the wife Sanke v Golding Carey farmer v  Compton Ch Rep Ashton v Ashton Ch can Oxenden v Oxenden post pre Ch SC William  v Callow post to draw close v to draw close pre Ch Dutton v Dutton vin ab pl  Guth v Guth bro Ch Rep where the case be state and consider but the principal  case very incorrect bullock v Menzies Ves and the principle seem to be  recognize in Legard v Johnson Ves and by Eldon Lord Ch in de Manneville v de  Manneville Ves Fletcher v Fletcher Cox saint John v saint John Ves Worrall v  Jacob mere durant v Titley price Jee v Thurlow b and c Westmeath v Westmeath  Jacob Elworthy v bird S and S and in note to Westmeath v Westmeath Jacob and  the court will secure the principal for the child of property come to the wife  after the marriage Nicholls v Danvers post but such jurisdiction be not  original but incidental per Loughborough Lord Ch ball v Montgomery Ves jun in  which the doctrine of agreement for separate maintenance be discuss and the  court will act upon the separate maintenance as circumstance may require  Whorewood v Whorewood Ch can and that even after a decree head v head atk et  vide observation on that case arg ball v Montgomery ub sup but the court will  not entertain a bill to discover act of bare usage Hincks v Nelthorpe ante Vol  nor will it establish a agreement between a man and his wife to live separate  Wilkes v Wilkes dick see Elsworthy v bird up sup