Lightfoot v. Lightfoot

In a suit for temporary and permanent alimony an order was passed requiring the husband' to pay to the wife ten dollars per month as temporary alimony and forty dollars as attorney’s fees. He failed for several months to pay either alimony or attorney’s fees; and a rule nisi was issued, requiring him to show cause' why he should not be punished as for a contempt. On the hearing he showed that he possessed no property whatever, had never enjoyed good health, had been under the treatment of a doctor for years, was unable to do manual labor, had been unable to secure employment and had earned…