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Simmons v. SimmonsSimmons v. Simmons

Supreme Court of Georgia
Apr 10, 1951
No. 17419
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Before:
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Head, Justice.

1. If the testimony submitted before the trial judge authorized his ‍​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‍order, it should not be disturbed, regardless of any oral opinion that he may have expressed at the conclusion of the hearing‘. Jennison v. Jennison, 136 Ga. 202, ‍​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‍207 (71 S. E. 244).

2. The evidence in this case does not show conclusively that the defendant was unable to comply with ‍​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‍the judgment awarding alimony, and the order adjudging him in contempt will not be reversed by this court. Greenway v. Greenway, 147 Ga. 503 (94 S. E. 885); Banks v. Banks, 188 Ga. 181 ‍​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‍(3 S. E. 2d, 717); Snider v. Snider, 190 Ga. 381 (9 S. E. 2d, 654); Arnold v. Arnold, 195 Ga. 304 (4) (24 S. E. 2d, 12).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Duckworth, ‍​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‍C.J., who dissents. J. D. Godfrey and Casey Thigpen, for plaintiff in error. Irwin L. Evans, contra.

Case Details

Case Name: Simmons v. Simmons
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Apr 10, 1951
Citations: 208 Ga. 51; 64 S.E.2d 896; 1951 Ga. LEXIS 534; No. 17419
Docket Number: No. 17419
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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