Nobrega v. Nobrega

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

FREAR, C.J. (Perry, X, dissenting.)

Tbe Circuit Court upon granting the divorce in this case awarded to the wife as or in li'eu of permanent alimony one-half of the husband’s real estate in this Territory, but tbis Court on ■exceptions (13 Iiaw. 654) held tbat under tbe statute tbe Court •could not order a division of tbe husband’s real estate. The Circuit Court then ordered tbe husband to pay to tbe wife within fifteen days $10,000 as alimony in gross. The libellee now firings the case here again on exceptions.

The main contention is that the statute does not permit…