The wife or husband may obtain alimony from the other without a divorce, in an action brought for that purpose in the district court, for any of the causes for which a divorce may be granted. Either may make the same defense to such action as he might to an action for divorce, and may, for sufficient cause, obtain a divorce from the other in such action.
R.L.1910, § 4975.³Renumbered from Title 12, § 1284 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.