Lewis v. Lewis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court, Hon. Noah M. GrivAN, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. I. The right to alimony begins at the time suit is brought and remains with it until its final termination. .Sect. 2179, Rev. Stat. II.
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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court, Hon. Noah M. GrivAN, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. I. The right to alimony begins at the time suit is brought and remains with it until its final termination. .Sect. 2179, Rev. Stat. II. The admitted facts show that defendant is in destitute circumstances, and has been since the commencement of this divorce suit, and has had to ask assistance from the public to keep herself and child from suffering, and that plaintiff owns sufficient property from which to make a just allowance to defendant, who is as much entitled to it during…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, P. J.
This is an application for alimony pendente lite. This application presents some singular features. The plaintiff husband was decreed a divorce by the circuit court, on the grounds of indignities offered the husband by the wife, and the pregnancy of the wife before marriage. From this decree the wife appealed to the supreme court. While the cause was so pending on appeal she made application to the supreme court for alimony pendiente lite. After elaborate argument on this application, it was overruled by the supreme court. This result is simply indorsed on the back of the motion: i( Per…
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