Legal Opinion

Rutledge v. Rutledge

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 21, 1954PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett

The only question for our review in this case is whether or not the trial court, court of original jurisdiction, may grant the wife alimony and attorney’s fees pending an appeal in the appellate court by her husband after the case has been disposed of in the trial court and is pending in the appellate court. The question is very fully and thoroughly annotated in 19 A. L. R. (2d) 703, et seq.

In addition to this question the paintiff in error has filed several other assignments of error, brief and authorities in support thereof, but these questions are not pertinent to the instant lawsuit.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Maxwell v. MaxwellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Finnegan v. ArnoldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Elizabeth Harris v. James B. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
  2. Hensley v. HensleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  3. Mittwede v. MittwedeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
  4. Rutledge v. RutledgeTennessee Supreme Court · 1955

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