Lanier v. Lanier

Grice, Justice.

After this case was argued, this court decided the case of Simmons v. Simmons, 194 Ga. 649 (22 S. E. 2d, 391), which makes unnecessary any discussion of the governing principle to be here applied, that although there have been two verdicts finding for the wife a total divorce on the ground of cruel treatment, that fact alone does not as a matter of law require the jury to make an award of permanent alimony to the wife, but that various other facts and circumstances might properly be taken into consideration, which could justify the jury in withholding such an award,…