Odom v. Odom

Hill, Justice.

In this no-fault divorce case the jury returned a verdict on January 20, 1977, which provided that the proceeds from the sale of two automobiles be divided between the parties. The wife enumerates as error the order overruling her motion for a new trial on the general grounds that the alimony award was not consistent with her needs or her husband’s ability to pay.

The evidence presented at trial showed the following: the husband, age 31, had been a very successful major league baseball pitcher whose team played in three consecutive world series in 1972, ’73 and ’74; that the…