Bailey v. Bailey

A husband appeals from an amended decree that, on the wife’s bill for alimony, awarded her $50.00 a week, plus the husband’s half of the net income from a dwelling owned by the entireties and leased to others.

The husband does not deny that he must pay alimony and support for the couple’s eighteen-year old daughter, but contests the amount awarded. After a long hearing, the chancellor, on January 22, 1958, awarded alimony and support in the amount of $60.00 a week, plus the husband’s share of the rent from the jointly owned property. The wife had worked all during the twenty-four years of the…