Kaighen v. Kaighen

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Joseph R. Kaighen has appealed from a judgment ordering him to pay his wife $170 per month as alimony pending his suit for divorce.

In this court the husband contends that his 'wife is not in necessitous circumstances and accordingly is not entitled to alimony pendente lite. In the alternative he argues that, if the court should find that she is entitled to support, the award made by the district court is excessive and should be reduced.

The rule for alimony was tried in the lower court in July, 1955. At that time the husband had been employed by the Standard Fruit Company…