Smith v. Smith

SIMS, Justice.

On Dec. 7, 1949, Luise Holman Smith sued Daniel Boone Smith for divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. She sought the custody of their-son, Christopher Holman Smith, then three ■ months old; $25,000 alimony, an allowance of $200 per month for support of herself and child; recovery of a • credit of $1850 given her by the Black Motor Company for her old car which was to apply on the purchase of a new one, which credit she avers her husband appropriated; her court costs, including a reasonable attorney’s fee.

The answer was a denial followed by a counter-claim wherein…