Crapps v. Crapps

Alice Crapps filed suit against her husband, Will Crapps, for temporary alimony and attorney’s fees. The testimony as to the earning capacity of the defendant was conflicting. There was evidence that he could not earn over $30 per month. Also there was positive evidence that he was capable of earning and had been earning $2 per day. The wife supported herself and their three children by her own labor. The court rendered a judgment allowing $15 per month temporary alimony for the support of the wife and three children, aged six, three, and one years, and $25 for counsel fees. The defendant…