Collins v. Collins

THOMAS, J.:

The husband prevailed in his suit for divorce and brought an appeal to test the propriety of that part of the final decree ordering him to pay his quondam wife five dollars each month as alimony and two thousand dollars in cash. These provisions coincided with the recommendations of the special master.

Considering the matter of alimony in the light of decisions of this Court establishing the rule that it should be determined by the necessities of the one and the abilities of the other we cannot conclude that the chancellor was at fault in adopting the master’s recommendation that…