Hughes v. Hughes

The plaintiff commenced an action against her husband to obtain a decree of divorce. The defendant did not appear, and on the twenty-third day of September, 1921, an interlocutory decree was entered against him. On the twenty-fifth day of September, 1922, a final decree was entered. In her complaint the plaintiff pleaded that $150 per month was a reasonable sum to be allowed her for permanent maintenance. In the interlocutory decree the trial court awarded that sum and it may 'be said in passing that the same award was- repeated in the final judgment. On the twenty-first day of September,…