Taylor v. Bailes

SIMPSON, Justice.

Review by mandamus of an order awarding the wife of the petitioner solicitor’s fees for defending an appeal from a final decree on the merits in a suit between wife and husband, wherein the trial court granted the wife separate maintenance and suit money, including solicitor’s fees, in the trial proceedings before him. The main, case, also this day decided, was certified here on the appellant posting his bond securing the costs of the appeal, and is styled Taylor v. Taylor, ante, p. 374, 37 So.2d 645.

It should be first observed that in separate maintenance and divorce actions…