Pickren v. Pickren

Duckworth, Justice.

Pending a suit for divorce the plaintiff applied to the presiding judge for an order granting to her temporary alimony for the support of herself and her infant child. The judge passed an order granting temporary alimony in the sum of $10 per month, and the defendant excepted.

The existence of a valid marriage is essential to a recovery of alimony. Foster v. Foster, 178 Ga. 791 (2) (174 S. E. 532). The defendant contended that there was no valid marriage between him and the plaintiff; and the only question presented is whether the judge was authorized to find from the agreed…