Ex Parte Bragg

FOSTER, Justice.

This is an original petition for mandamus whereby petitioner seeks to have a decree ordering an allowance for temporary alimony and solicitor’s fee set aside and vacated, principally because the decree was improper and predicated upon an erroneous interpretation of the law.

A bill for divorce was filed by petitioner on November 25, 1940, on the ground of voluntary abandonment. Respondent filed answer on December 3, 1940, denying such abandonment, and seeking- alimony pend ing the cause and a solicitor’s fee. On December 17, 1940, complainant filed an application and gave notice…