Bailey v. Scott

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court denying an application for the allowance of counsel fees for the wife in a divorce case.

In the month of February, 1925, Emma Augusta Scott brought suit against Cornelius R. Scott, alleging that she was his lawful wife, charging him with cruelty, and praying for a limited divorce and for alimony, including reasonable sums for counsel fees. The defendant denied that plaintiff was his wife. The court at once entered an order requiring defendant to pay plaintiff the sum of $75 per month for her maintenance pendente lite, but…