Cralle v. Cralle
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Nottoway county, rendered 6th April, 1883, in the cause of George A. Cralle against Louisa W. Cralle. This is sequel to the case of Cralle v. Cralle, decided May 1st, 1884, and reported in 79 Va. 182. That was the suit of the same George A. Cralle against the same Louisa W. Cralle for divorce a vinculo matrimonii, on Cl account of her alleged wilful desertion of him for five years.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Nottoway county, rendered 6th April, 1883, in the cause of George A. Cralle against Louisa W. Cralle. This is sequel to the case of Cralle v. Cralle, decided May 1st, 1884, and reported in 79 Va. 182. That was the suit of the same George A. Cralle against the same Louisa W. Cralle for divorce a vinculo matrimonii, on Cl account of her alleged wilful desertion of him for five years. The suit was brought and the divorce was decreed in 1874,. when she was a non-resident. In 1876, she petitioned for a rehearing of the cause and for alimony. An allowance was…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Nottoway county, rendered in this same cause pending a former appeal in this court, by which decree the appellee is allowed temporary maintenance and counsel fees out of the estate of the husband for services to be performed in this court. And the question we have to decide is, not whether the circuit court had jurisdiction to render such a decree, but whether it had the right to enter any decree during the pendency of that cause in this court.
*775The statute, chapter 105, section ten, Code 1873, in express terms, authorizes the trial court…
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