Phillips v. Phillips

Plaintiff brought action for a decree of separate maintenance on the ground of extreme cruelty. The court dismissed her petition, and granted her husband an absolute divorce on the specific grounds of cruelty set out in his cross-petition, but granted to plaintiff certain household furniture and $3,000 permanent alimony, and an attorney’s fee of $250, from which decree the plaintiff has appealed.

The three assignments of error are: (1) Error in dismissing her petition; (2) error in awarding a decree of divorce to defendant; (3) in fixing the sum of only $3,000 as permanent alimony.

The evidence…