Wetter v. Wetter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action for divorce in the district court for Carver county. Plaintiff moved for an order directing defendant to pay her or her attorneys $'56 for fees of officers and witnesses, $500 for fees of her attorneys and $106 per month for support of plaintiff and her youngest child.
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Action for divorce in the district court for Carver county. Plaintiff moved for an order directing defendant to pay her or her attorneys $'56 for fees of officers and witnesses, $500 for fees of her attorneys and $106 per month for support of plaintiff and her youngest child. Prom an order, Tifft, X, directing the payment of $65 per month as temporary alimony, $35 for fees of officers and witnesses, and $175 for attorney’s fees, defendant appealed on the ground that the court abused his discretion in making the same.
1Per curiam
The court ordered defendant to pay plaintiff certain sums for attorney’s fees, suit money and support pendente lite of her divorce. Defendant appeals from the order.
The reasonableness of each item awarded is conceded, but the contention is that the court was without authority to order defendant to pay anything whatever, because the showing disclosed that plaintiff owns certificates of deposit in banks to the amount of $1,806, and also a note for $400, secured by mortgage. Defendant is worth not less that $56,000 by 'his own admission.
Temporary alimony, suit money and attorney’s fees are to be…
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