Johnston v. Johnston

Appellee filed her bill against appellant in the chancery court of Lafayette county, returnable to the May term of 1937, for separate maintenance, solicitor’s fee, and for the custody of their children, but without seeking a decree of divorce. Process was not obtained prior to that term of court, and appellee filed a separate petition in July of that year praying for temporary alimony and solicitor’s fee, and also for a temporary order regarding the custody of the children, and asked for a hearing thereon in vacation. Upon due notice to the appellant a vacation hearing was had and the relief…