Bulke v. Bulke
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Shelby County Court. Heard before Hon. E. S. Lyman. Bill by M. E. Bulke against Paul Bulke for divorce and alimony. From a decree granting temporary alimony and attorney’s fee, and ordering a reference, respondent appeals. Reversed and rendered.
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Appeal from Shelby County Court. Heard before Hon. E. S. Lyman. Bill by M. E. Bulke against Paul Bulke for divorce and alimony. From a decree granting temporary alimony and attorney’s fee, and ordering a reference, respondent appeals. Reversed and rendered. Under the facts in this case the wife had accepted a lump sum in lieu of all further support and was not entitled to temporary alimony and attorney’s fee. — Esc parte Jones, 172 Ala. 186; Brindley v. Brindley, 121 Ala. 150; Spilter v. Spilter, 108 111. 121. The wife had a right to contract with her husband as though she was sole. — Secs.…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The appellee filed a bill for divorce and alimony, and the appeal is from a decree ordering a reference and allowing temporary alimony and attorney’s fees pendente lite.
The answer, which is made also a cross-bill, denies all of the grounds set up in the bill for a divorce; alleges immorality and lewdness on the part of the wife; that she lived with him for about a year and three months from her marriage in February, 1902, when she abandoned him and went away with another man, led an open and notoriously lewd life; that she returned in March, 1908, when, on her promisé of reformation, he…
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