Egland v. Egland

HOBSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant husband from a final decree of the circuit court, in chancery, denying a divorce to the plaintiff wife but granting the sum of $400 per month for the support and maintenance of the plaintiff and two minor children of the marriage. The appellee has filed no brief, a procedure which we have repeatedly condemned.

Originally, the wife sued for alimony unconnected with divorce, under F.S. § 65.10, F.S.A., but this suit was concluded by a final order of dismissal on the ground that the wife had failed to prove that the appellant failed to support…