Legal Opinion

Wood v. Wood

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 12, 1918No. 501PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Writ of error; from Haralson. Motion to dismiss. On January 15, 1915, Mrs. N. I. Wood filed her petition against her husband, T. J. Wood, asking for temporary and permanent alimony and counsel fees. An order to show cause was granted, and the ease was set down for a hearing on February 22, 1915; and on that day after the hearing the court passed an order allowing certain sums as temporary alimony ahd the sum of $20 as counsel fees.

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Writ of error; from Haralson. Motion to dismiss. On January 15, 1915, Mrs. N. I. Wood filed her petition against her husband, T. J. Wood, asking for temporary and permanent alimony and counsel fees. An order to show cause was granted, and the ease was set down for a hearing on February 22, 1915; and on that day after the hearing the court passed an order allowing certain sums as temporary alimony ahd the sum of $20 as counsel fees. At the January term, 1916, of the superior court, the case came on “to be heard before a jury in said court on the issue of permanent alimony,” and the jury…

1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) A motion to dismiss the bill of exceptions was made at the hearing of this case, based upon the grounds, among others,' that the assignment of error is vague and indefinite; that it does not show to what particular order or judgment exception is taken; that if it is an exception to the judgment allowing attorney’s fees, it is indefinite; and that if it is an exception to the order overruling the motion for a new trial, it can not avail the plaintiff in error, as no brief of evidence is brought up in the record. We are of the opinion that the motion to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Patterson v. BeckSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cates v. DuncanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  2. Williams v. Visualizit Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  3. Durkin v. HewlettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918

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