Switzer v. Elmer

This is a suit for divorce on the ground of adultery, accompanied by a demand for alimony pendente lite at the rate of $150 per month.

The rule to show cause why defendant should not be condemned to pay this alimony was recalled and set aside at plaintiff’s costs, on the ground that the lower court had no jurisdiction, on the face of the papers, of the main demand, and therefore was without jurisdiction of the incidental demand for alimony.

From this judgment plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff alleges: “That she was married in Gulfport, Mississippi, about the 6th day of August, 1924, to Charles…