Canady v. Canady

Howard Canady instituted this divorce action against his wife, Dixie. She was granted a divorce upon her counterclaim, and the husband has appealed. He does not question the decree insofar as it grants his wife a divorce, but he contends (1) that the circumstances did not warrant an award of “alimony in gross”; (2) that the amount of alimony awarded was unfair, and (3) that the award of attorney’s fees to the wife was erroneous. A freehold is involved.

The parties were married in 1939, and with the exception of “some periods when he left home,” they lived together until the husband left home…