Lambert v. Lambert
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from. St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. O’Neill By an, Judge. (1) Upon the admission of defendant that she owned $15,000 unencumbered real estate, held $22,500 in deeds of trust, exclusive of her one-half interest in $15,000 deed of trust pledged to secure loan of $6,000 and held $6,000 in school and street railway bonds, hearing 6 per cent interest, she is shown to have ample means to live and conduct her defense.
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Appeal from. St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Hon. O’Neill By an, Judge. (1) Upon the admission of defendant that she owned $15,000 unencumbered real estate, held $22,500 in deeds of trust, exclusive of her one-half interest in $15,000 deed of trust pledged to secure loan of $6,000 and held $6,000 in school and street railway bonds, hearing 6 per cent interest, she is shown to have ample means to live and conduct her defense. She is therefore not entitled to suit money for maintenance from her husband, pendente lite. Penningroth v. Penningroth, 71 Mo. App. 438; Collins v. Collins, 80 N. Y. 1;…
1Opinion of the CourtReyburn, J.
In this, a divorce proceeding by the husband against the wife, wherein the latter by cross-bill asked counter relief, and before the issues had been joined and the case prepared for trial of the merits, the court heard defendant’s motion for suit money and maintenance pendente lite and allowed $500 for counsel fees and $75 for her support. The testimony was confused, but from defendant’s reluctant admissions, and her pass book with the bank with which she kept an account, it is sufficiently established that she was owner of considerable separate estate, consisting of a dwelling, her place of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Collins v. . CollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Young v. DowneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Penningroth v. PenningrothMissouri Court of Appeals · 1897
- Porter v. PorterMississippi Supreme Court · 1866
- Rawson v. RawsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
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- Smith v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
- Hedrick v. HedrickMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
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