Winkler v. Winkler
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Jones county. Hon. Sam. Whitman, Chancellor. Suit by Max Winkler against Elizabeth Winkler for divorce. Prom a decree awarding alimony to the wife, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. There was no exception by the appellant to the decree awarding alimony against him, nor to anything that occurred at the trial, and the evidence upon which the court acted was not made part of the record.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Jones county. Hon. Sam. Whitman, Chancellor. Suit by Max Winkler against Elizabeth Winkler for divorce. Prom a decree awarding alimony to the wife, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. There was no exception by the appellant to the decree awarding alimony against him, nor to anything that occurred at the trial, and the evidence upon which the court acted was not made part of the record. The decree cannot therefore be disturbed unless upon the face of the .record it is absolutely void, because the court had no jurisdiction…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Appellant filed his bill for divorce against appellee on the sole ground of desertion. Appellee answered, making a general denial, and stating that she had four children by *5her marriage with appellant, the eldest of which was then only six years old, that appellant had left her and his little children in destitute circumstances, and that she was supporting herself and children out of her earnings of about six dollars per week. The court rendered a decree granting a divorce, and ordered appellant to pay the sum of fifty dollars as alimony pendente lite and’ twenty dollars per month as…
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