Brewer v. Brewer

On November 10, 1954, Alma McNeil Brewer filed a bill for separate maintenance against her husband, William Phillip Brewer, and stated therein that “no divorce is sought.” The husband, on November 11, 1954, filed an answer and cross-bill in which he denied the material allegations of the bill and prayed for a divorce a mensa et thoro on the grounds of desertion and cruelty. Thereafter, on December 1, 1954, the wife filed a detailed answer to the cross-bill. On November 26, 1956, approximately two years later and after the trial court had awarded the wife various amounts for temporary…