Brown v. Brown

Robert Brown filed suit for divorce against his wife, Mary Brown, on February 11, 1929, alleging cruel treatment by her. The wife filed a cross-petition for divorce, alleging cruel treatment on the part of the husband, and praying for alimony, temporary and permanent. On hearing, April 2, 1929, the judge passed an order requiring the husband to pay to the wife as temporary alimony $30 twice a month,- and to pay to counsel for the wife $250 as attorney’s fees for representing the wife and prosecuting her cross-action to final judgment. The order required the at-torn ej^s fees to be paid in…