McGee v. McGee
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for alimony, in Walker' Superior Court. Decision by Judge John H. Lumpkin, April Term, 1851. This was an application to the Judge in Chancery, by Abby McGee, wife of John McGee, stating, that by the cruel and improper treatment of her husband, she had been compelled to leave his house, and to commence a suit for divorce, which was still pending; that she had no means of prosecuting her suit, or of supporting herself during its pendency, and praying that she might…
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Application for alimony, in Walker' Superior Court. Decision by Judge John H. Lumpkin, April Term, 1851. This was an application to the Judge in Chancery, by Abby McGee, wife of John McGee, stating, that by the cruel and improper treatment of her husband, she had been compelled to leave his house, and to commence a suit for divorce, which was still pending; that she had no means of prosecuting her suit, or of supporting herself during its pendency, and praying that she might be allowed out of the defendant’s estate a sum sufficient for that purpose. Defendant answered, under oath, denying the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbe% J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The order allowing temporary alimony to Mrs. McGee, was granted, upon motion, after a petition filed. The petition is addressed “ to the Honorable John H. Lumpkin, Judge of the Superior Courts of the Cherokee Circuit of the State of Georgia, holding jurisdiction in Chancery.” It is obvious, however, that *479the presiding Judge did not regard it as1 a, proceeding in Chancery, and in passing the order, did not act as a Chancellor, but in his character as Judge of the Superior Court. The jurisdiction exercised, was that of a Court of Law, to wit:…
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