Legal Opinion
Brown v. Brown
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 12, 1968No. 24453PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Almand, Presiding Justice.
Dr. Nelson H. Brown filed an action for divorce against his wife, Sara Elizabeth Powell Brown. Mrs. Brown filed a cross petition for divorce. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the wife, and awarded alimony for her support and for the support of her child whose custody was awarded to the father with specified rights of custody in the mother. Both parties appealed from this judgment in the first appearance of this case before this court (222 Ga. 446 (150 SE2d 615))-, where we upheld the custody award but held that the award of alimony was excessive under the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Harrison v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Twilley v. TwilleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Alford v. AlfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Van Dyke v. Van DykeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Holleman v. HollemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Pierce v. PierceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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- Chlupacek v. ChlupacekSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Bickford v. BickfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
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