Stallings v. Stallings
Supreme Court of Georgia
. Alimony, etc. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. June 30, 1906. Mrs. Belle White Stallings filed her equitable petition against her husband, George T. Stallings, in the superior court of Fulton county. She alleged, in brief, as follows: As a result of infatuation for another woman her husband has been guilty of infidelity toward her, and has abandoned her and her two .children, and refuses to support them.
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. Alimony, etc. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. June 30, 1906. Mrs. Belle White Stallings filed her equitable petition against her husband, George T. Stallings, in the superior court of Fulton county. She alleged, in brief, as follows: As a result of infatuation for another woman her husband has been guilty of infidelity toward her, and has abandoned her and her two .children, and refuses to support them. She and her husband established the family home in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, some three years before the bringing of the suit, and since that time the legal residence and…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the forgoing facts.)
Service before judgment is the general rule of procedure. Cases where seizure is had before service (such, for example, as the appointment of a temporary receiver ex parte, when necessary, or proceedings in rein) need not be considered. Here the. proceeding did not purport to be one without service, but one in which service was sought to be perfected and a hearing had. The only service of either the suit or the application for temporary alimony was under order of the court, by serving Mr. Hastings' as th"e attorney of the defendant, and sending a copy of the…
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