Swindell v. Swindell

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in a divorce and alimony case. Appellee-wife brought an action below against appellant-husband seeking a divorce and alimony. The husband filed a counterclaim in which he asked for a divorce and also sought to have certain property interest of the wife decreed to be his property rather than hers.

A jury trial followed, and the jury’s verdict granted a divorce to the husband and granted certain specified property to the wife as permanent alimony.

The jury’s verdict was made the judgment of the court, and the husband filed a motion for a new trial. The…