152 Ga. 463 | Ga. | 1922
1. In a suit by a husband against his wife, for divorce on the ground of cruel treatment, the wife denied the acts of cruelty alleged, and made counter-charges of cruelty on 'the part of the husband, on the basis of which she prayed for divorce; she prayed also for permanent alimony for herself and minor child, the issue of the marriage. On the first trial a verdict was returned finding a divorce for the plaintiff, and át a subsequent term a second verdict waá returned finding a total divorce for the plaintiff and removing the disabilities of the wife. The verdict also provided that the husband should pay to the wife, as permanent alimony, a stated sum per month so long as she shall remain unmarried, and that another state! sum be paid to a named third person for support of the child, until he shall attain the age of eighteen years. Held, that so much of sucli second verdict as finds alimony for the wife and makes provision for the child is not contrary to law or void on the ground that the first verdict, being against the wife, was conclusive against her right to
3. The amount of the allowance was not excessive, and the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict.
■Judgment affirmed.