Chaires v. Chaires

DuPONT, C. J.,

delivered tbe opinion of the Court.

Tbe appellee filed her bill in tbe Circuit Court of Leon pounty, praying for a divorce a vinculo from her husband, tbe appellant, alleging, as tbe grounds of her complaint, extreme cruelty and total abandonment. Tbe bill also asked for an allotment of permanent alimony, a suitable maintainance pendente lite, and an allowance for expenses incurred in tbe prosecution of tbe suit, and in searching for and visiting tbe children. Tbe answer, denying tbe allegation of cruelty, confesses tbe abandonment, and submits tbe ques*309tion of alimony and…