Brown v. Brown

This suit was brought by plaintiff against defendant, her husband, to obtain, for the causes alleged, a judgment of separation from bed and board. In her petition, she averred she was in necessitous circumstances, and in the prayer of the petition she asked for an order on the defendant to show cause why he should not be compelled to pay her alimony in the sum of $100 per month. The court below issued an order as prayed for. Defendant answered the petition and the prayer for alimony, pleading in bar of plaintiff’s right to a judgment on both the main and incidental demands a decree of divorce…