Brandt v. Brandt
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: Jambs W. Hamilton, Judge. In December, 1888, plaintiff, Alice O. Brandt, instituted a suit for divorce against defendant, A. Park Brandt, on tbe ground of cruel and inbuman treatment.
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From Lane: Jambs W. Hamilton, Judge. In December, 1888, plaintiff, Alice O. Brandt, instituted a suit for divorce against defendant, A. Park Brandt, on tbe ground of cruel and inbuman treatment. It is alleged in tbe complaint, among other things, that plaintiff is without means to prosecute tbe suit; that $150 is a reasonable attorney’s fee for that purpose; that $25 a month is reasonable and necessary as an alloivance for the support and maintenance of herself and daughter during the pendency of the suit; that “defendant has and owns property in # * * Dakota, and in Multnomah and Lane…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
1. It is first insisted that the provision for permanent alimony is in excess of the relief to which the plaintiff was entitled under the averments and prayer of her complaint. *483Under the prayer for general relief the plaintiff is entitled to such relief as is consistent with the averments and within the scope of the complaint. It is alleged that defendant was possessed of property of the value of $9,000 and had a monthly income amply sufficient for the maintenance of himself, his wife, and her daughter according to their station in life; and, permanent alimony being an incident to the…
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