McWilliams v. McWilliams

Appellee (Lucile McWilliams) procured a decree of divorce from bed and board. Both parties appeal, and the sole question now between them relates to the alimony awarded to appellee by the decree of the trial court. Appellant thinks the allowance is excessive; appellee contends that the allowance should be in solido, and, in any event, that the yearly allowance decreed by the court is inadequate.

Without unnecessarily denying the power of the court to award an allowance in solido to the wife in a case in which she procures a divorce from bed and board, the court here is of opinion that the…