Legal Opinion

Reed v. Reed

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 12, 1947No. 15830, 15834PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Candler, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The assignment of error in the main bill of exceptions challenges the correctness of the judgment awarding temporary alimony and counsel fees to the wife. Counsel for the plaintiff in error takes the position that such ruling was contrary to law and the evidence, for the reason that at the time of the alleged marriage between the parties to the present suit the plaintiff in error had a living wife, who is now living, and that the former marriage had never been dissolved.

“Alimony is an allowance out of the husband’s estate, made for the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Murchison v. GreenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  2. Sellers v. PageSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  3. Christopher v. ChristopherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  4. Clark v. CassidySupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
  5. Morgan v. MorganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. ElderTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Rabun v. WynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  3. Mpiliris v. Hellenic Lines, LimitedDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1970
  4. Walden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  5. Longstreet v. LongstreetSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949

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