McIntire v. McIntire
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Holt Circuit Court. — Hon. H. S. Kelley, Judge. The court exceeded its jurisdiction in allowing alimony to the wife when the decree for the divorce was in favor of the husband.
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Error to Holt Circuit Court. — Hon. H. S. Kelley, Judge. The court exceeded its jurisdiction in allowing alimony to the wife when the decree for the divorce was in favor of the husband. E. S. 1879, §§ 2179, 2180, 2182, 2183; 1 Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, (6 Ed.) § 573; Nucross v. Rogers, 30 Vt. 588; Thorn v. Kuthan, 51 Vt. 520; Gildhall v. Raymond, 1 Strange 647; Williams v. Rrince, 3 Stro. 490 • 2 Bishop Marriage and Divorce, § 376Duval v. Duval, 13 Mass. 264; Dean v. Richmond, 5 Pick. 461. A court of equity has no inherent power to decree alimony. 16 Mich. 162; 2 Bishop Marriage and…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, C.
The plaintiff sued for a divorce, alleging that the defendant had offered to her such indignities as rendered her condition in life intolerable, also indicating the character of the indignities. The defendant denied the charges against him, and by way of cross-bill asked for a divorce on the ground of cruel and barbarous treatment inflicted upon him by the plaintiff. There is no bill of exceptions in the case, and we are necessarily confined to the record in our review of errors.
The trial resulted in a decree of divorce in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff'. It gives the…
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