Moore v. . Moore

Prior to the statute of 1852, alimony pendente (334)lite was unknown in this State. Wilson v. Wilson,19 N.C. 377; Earp v. Earp, 54 N.C. 118. Its evident purpose was "to afford the wife present pecuniary relief pending the progress of the action."Morris v. Morris, 89 N.C. 109. The present statute (The Code, sec. 1291) provides that the motion may be heard and determined in or out of term, and certainly the wife in such case ought not to be left to starve till the judge, or his successor, shall come to the county. The motion is ancillary and not a motion for judgment on the merits, or a motion…