Grobart v. Grobart

The sole inquiry here, as stated by defendant-appellant, is whether the alimony awarded to complainant-respondent in this suit for separate maintenance is, in amount, "unwarranted and oppressive and not in accordance with appellant's ability to pay."

The master reported that testimony adduced before him disclosed that the capital interest of appellant in real estate inherited from his deceased father, subject to the widow's dower, was in excess of $38,000, and that his proportionate share of the income from the estate was approximately $6,500 per annum; that his individual interest in the…