Shepherd v. Shepherd

Hill, Justice.

This is the ninth appeal in the continuing litigation between these parties. See Shepherd v. Shepherd, 243 Ga. 253 (253 SE2d 696) (1979) and cits.

1. On the first ¿ppeal we held that the wife was entitled to temporary alimony pending her separate maintenance suit. Shepherd v. Shepherd, 231 Ga. 257 (6) (200 SE2d 893) (1973).

After that appeal, the husband amended his answer so as to raise the question of the constitutionality of our "wives only alimony” law. Without deciding whether that question was timely raised, and citing Murphy v. Murphy, 232 Ga. 352 (206 SE2d 458) (1974),…