Keefer v. Keefer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Alimony, etc. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. June 14, 1912. On January 20, 1912, Mrs. Grace Macy Keefer filed in Fulton superior court her petition against D. H. Keefer and others, alleging in substance as follows: On April 11, 1906, she was married to D. H. Keefer in the city of New York. They came almost immediately to the city of Atlanta, where the defendant had previously resided.
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Alimony, etc. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. June 14, 1912. On January 20, 1912, Mrs. Grace Macy Keefer filed in Fulton superior court her petition against D. H. Keefer and others, alleging in substance as follows: On April 11, 1906, she was married to D. H. Keefer in the city of New York. They came almost immediately to the city of Atlanta, where the defendant had previously resided. They lived together as husband and wife until a few months since, with the exception that on several occasions the plaintiff was compelled to live separate from him on account of his cruel and…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The argument in this ease has taken a wide range. It has included, among other things, a discussion of the marital right of the husband as to the wife’s property, under the common law; its effect in leaving her practically helpless to bring a divorce suit against her husband or to defend one brought by him, unless “suit money” were allowed her; the consequent treating of her attorney’s fees in such cases as in the nature of necessaries, where the attorney in good faith and on probable cause prosecuted or defended a wife’s divorce suit witli her husband;…
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