Legal Opinion

Davis v. Davis

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 12, 1916PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Temporary alimony. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. June 24, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.

Alimony should not be allowed to a wife who abandons her husband without just cause. Fuller v. Fuller, 108 Ga. 256 (33 S. E. 865). Where no divorce suit is pending and alimony is applied for because the husband and wife are living in a bona fide state of separation, on a hearing for temporary alimony it is an abuse of discretion to allow alimony to the wife, where it is admitted that the husband provided everything he could for his wife, and a fair analysis of the evidence discloses no cruel treatment of the wife by the husband, and shows that the wife refused to live with the husband because…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fuller v. FullerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Taylor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  2. Pace v. PaceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  3. Durham v. DurhamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  4. Brisendine v. BrisendineSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  5. Davis v. DavisWyoming Supreme Court · 1941

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