Eaton v. Davis

On July 25, 1929, a final decree was entered by the lower court awarding Henrietta Davis (formerly Henrietta Eaton) $50 per month, as alimony. That portion of the decree is as follows: * * and it is, therefore, Adjudged, Ordered, and Decreed that the said J. S. Eaton pay unto the said Henrietta V. Davis, as alimony, but not in any event for a longer period than their joint lives, for the maintenance of Henrietta V. Davis, the sum of fifty dollars per month on the 1st day of each month; * * * .”

Eaton had moved the court to retain the cause upon the docket and to reserve in the decree the right…