Jordan v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crowe. Mandamus by John J. Jordan, defendant-appellant in an action for divorce brought by Annie Jordan, praying in the alternative that, upon denial of a motion to require the adverse party to pay costs of previous suits as a condition precedent to prosecution and to vacate allowance of alimony pendente lite, to require the Jefferson circuit court to stay proceedings until payment of costs, and to show cause why…
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crowe. Mandamus by John J. Jordan, defendant-appellant in an action for divorce brought by Annie Jordan, praying in the alternative that, upon denial of a motion to require the adverse party to pay costs of previous suits as a condition precedent to prosecution and to vacate allowance of alimony pendente lite, to require the Jefferson circuit court to stay proceedings until payment of costs, and to show cause why the order allowing alimony should not be vacated. The dismissal of the first suit was equivalent to a hearing on the…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This appeal seems to be prosecuted from the action of the court in failing to sustain the appellant’s motion to require the complainant to pay the costs of the previous suits as a condition precedent to a prosecution of the case at bar, and to the granting of the complainant’s petition for alimony pendente lite, and in ordering a reference to ascertain the amount. None of these orders are appealable. — Brady v. Brady, 144 Ala. 414, 39 South. 237.
The appellant has, however, prayed in the alternative in a motion for the writ of mandamus to be addressed to ilie loAver court requiring it to stay…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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