Glenn v. Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Divorce. Alimony. Attorney’s fees. Before Judge Mc-Cutchen. Whitfield Superior Court. April Term, 1873. Glenn brought suit against Hill, in the Justice Court for the eight hundred and seventy-second district, on an account for $50 00, for professional services as an attorney at law, alleged to have been rendered to Fannie Hill, the wife of the defendant, in the case of said Fannie Hill against the defendant, the same being an action for a divorce, still pending in Whitfield…
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Divorce. Alimony. Attorney’s fees. Before Judge Mc-Cutchen. Whitfield Superior Court. April Term, 1873. Glenn brought suit against Hill, in the Justice Court for the eight hundred and seventy-second district, on an account for $50 00, for professional services as an attorney at law, alleged to have been rendered to Fannie Hill, the wife of the defendant, in the case of said Fannie Hill against the defendant, the same being an action for a divorce, still pending in Whitfield Superior Court. The presiding magistrate dismissed the suit for want of jurisdiction in his Court. The plaintiff carried…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
Pending an action for divorce, temporary alimony for the wife, including expenses of litigation, may be granted by the Judge of the Superior Court: New Code, sec. 1737. In fixing the amount of alimony, the Judge may inquire into the cause and circumstances of the separation rendering the alimony necessary, and in his discretion may refuse it altogether: Code, sec. 1740. Thus, temporary alimony, and, of course, the counsel fees for the wife, are not, as a matter of absolute right, to be granted. They are, by law, in the discretion of the Judge of the Superior Court. Whilst the…
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