Walter v. Walter

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

In this action for divorce, the petition of the husband was dismissed and the wife upon her counterclaim was granted a divorce and alimony and her attorneys were allowed $500.00 for their services. The husband appeals.

The ground upon which a divorce was asked by each was one year’s abandonment by the other, and while we have no power to reverse the judgment of divorce refused the husband and granted the wife, the wife’s right to alimony depends upon and can be sustained only if her husband abandoned her and she was entitled to the divorce. Hence it…