Sullivan v. Sullivan

These appeals are from two orders of the chancellor in the same case. The first dismissed a husband’s bill for divorce on the ground of desertion and awarded the wife alimony of $250 a month. The second order awarded to the wife a counsel fee of $2,500 “as a contribution toward her solicitor’s fees.” It is conceded that the wife left the marital home on March 19, 1956, and never returned. The chancellor found that her departure was justified by the husband’s misconduct, and although she did not file a cross-bill for divorce, he granted her alimony as prayed in the answer, upon a finding that…