Butler v. Butler

This suit was instituted by appellee, who is the divorced wife of appellant, to recover of him the sum of $40,849.37, which she alleges was expended by her out of her separate estate in the support of two minor daughters born to her and appellant during their marriage. On her allegations, she expended this sum in about three years; that is, from the granting of the divorce on the 12th day of May, 1920, until the entry of this judgment, in 1923. On a trial to the court without a jury, judgment was entered in appellee's favor for $11,458.77. It is conceded that appellee actually expended all…