Joel Bailey Davis Inc. v. Poole

Bell, Presiding Justice.

Notwithstanding there was a decree-of divorce as well as a judgment for alimony, the parties to this judgment may for convenience be referred to as the husband and the wife. The obligation of a husband to provide support and maintenance for his wife is a duty imposed by law, and for that reason can not be classified with other obligations which do not involve similar duties. Green v. Beaumont, 179 Ga. 804 (177 S. E. 572). The duty is one in which the public has an interest, and a judgment based thereon, awarding alimony for the wife’s future-maintenance, simply…