Thompson v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion to dismiss the writ of error. Mrs. Maude C. Thompson brought a petition for divorce against William C. Thompson, and an application for alimony, counsel’s fees, and the custody of her two children. After a hearing upon the application, an allowance was made for temporary alimony and counsel’s fees, and the custody of the two children was awarded the defendant.
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Motion to dismiss the writ of error. Mrs. Maude C. Thompson brought a petition for divorce against William C. Thompson, and an application for alimony, counsel’s fees, and the custody of her two children. After a hearing upon the application, an allowance was made for temporary alimony and counsel’s fees, and the custody of the two children was awarded the defendant. This order was granted November 30, 1905. On December 7, 1905, Mrs. Thompson moved for a modification of the order, the motion reciting, that when the youngest child, a girl of six years, was being delivered into the custody of…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Á motion was: made to dismiss the writ of error, on the ground that exception was taken to an interlocutory order which is not of such a character that this court can review it on a fast writ of error. The code provides,, that in suits for divorce the judge presiding may either in term time or vacation grant alimony, “and may also, on said motion, hear and determine who shall be entitled to the custody of the children pending the litigation, as if the same were before him on a writ of habeas corpus.” Civil Code, §2461. Among the cases enumerated in the…
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