Rhinehart v. Rhinehart
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Alcorn county. Hon. J. G. McGowan, Special Chancellor. Action by Grace Rhinehart against Charlie Rhinehart, Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Alcorn county. Hon. J. G. McGowan, Special Chancellor. Action by Grace Rhinehart against Charlie Rhinehart, Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The record in this case is undisputed that the appellant was committed to jail on the ex parte statement of the appellee in her original bill, which is as follows: “That the said Charlie Rinehart is threatening to leave the jurisdiction of this court and unless he is prohibited from doing so, she verily believes that he will escape the jurisdiction of the court in order to defeat the action of the court in…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The appellant and the appellee were married on or about the 21st day of October, 1920, and the day following the said marriage the appellant left the appellee and contributed nothing toward her support, and' the appellee filed a bill in the chancery court praying for an allowance of alimony alleging that the appellant is an- able-bodied man without property, but able to work, and can earn from seventy-five to one hundred dollars per month, and, unless forced to do so, will contribute nothing to her support, and that the said Charlie Rhinehart is threatening to flee the jurisdiction of the…
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