[1] Husband and Wife—Action for Maintenance—Residence— Pleading and Evidence.—In an action for separate maintenance, residence of the wife need not'be alleged or proved.

[2] Id.—Pleading—Uncertainty as to Time and Place of Acts of Extreme Cruelty—Remedy—Demurrer.—Where in an action for maintenance the complaint is uncertain as to time and place of certain alleged acts of cruelty., the only proper remedy is by demurrer on the ground that the complaint is ambiguous, unintelligible, or uncertain under section 430 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and a motion to strike out is not proper practice.

[3] Nonsuit—Statement of Grounds.—A motion for nonsuit will not be granted unless the specific grounds on which such motion is made are stated. *

[4] Maintenance — Evidence — Corroboration Unnecessary. — In an action for maintenance without divorce corroboration is unnecessary, since the only statutory provision requiring corroboration in a civil case is section 130 of the Civil Code, and that section applies only to actions for divorce, and even in such actions only to the granting of the divorce.

[5] Id. —Cross-complaint for Divorce — Cruelty — Improper Rela tIonship of Defendant With Daughter-in-law—•Circulation of False Reports by Plaintiff—Sufficiency of Finding.—In an action for maintenance, wherein the defendant by cross-complaint asked for a divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, the 1 court sufficiently found on the issue as to whether plaintiff circulated false reports about the defendant and his daughter-in-law, in finding that plaintiff did not accuse defendant of improper relations with his daughter-in-law, and that no acts or statements of plaintiff had brought defendant into contempt with all or any of his friends, and that no act or statement of plaintiff had brought the previous good reputation of defendant into disrepute.

[6] Id..—Erroneous Finding—Lack of Prejudice.—In such action error in finding in favor of defendant on such issue is without prejudice where it was also found that plaintiff had a cause of action for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty.

[7] Id .—Recovery by Plaintiff—Absence of Fault Unnecessary.— In an action for maintenance it is not necessary that plaintiff be without fault to warrant a recovery, since even if the parties are both at fault and cannot live together alimony may be decreed.