Holloway v. Holloway

Ingram, Justice.

This appeal, following a jury trial and final divorce decree in Chatham Superior Court, presents the issue of whether a part of the jury’s verdict amounted to an award of alimony to the husband or merely required an equitable division of monies belonging to both parties.

The pertinent provision of the verdict is as follows: "That all monies in safe deposit box valued at approximately $7,000, plus all monies in savings account valued at approximately $9,000, be divided equally between plaintiff and defendant.”

The wife was the defendant and cross complainant in the case and she…