123 Ga. 118 | Ga. | 1905
This is the fourth time we have been called on to review the contest between this husband and wife over the allowance of alimony. The other cases are reported in 116 Ga. 798, 118 Ga. 408, and 121 Ga. 1. The statement of facts in the case last reported contains a succinct history of the litigation, and it is only necessary to chronicle the subsequent procedure. On January 5, 1905, Mrs. S. J. Sumner presented her petition to the judge of the superior court of Worth county, alleging that on September 8, 1902, upon the application of petitioner for temporary alimony and counsel fees, a decree was entered requiring J. L. Sumner to pay to her, among other things, temporary alimony at the rate of sixty dollars per month on the first day of each month thereafter until otherwise ordered, which judgment had never been annulled or modified. She further alleged, that on November 7, 1903, upon her application, an order was passed requiring J. L. Sumner, within thirty days thereafter, to pay her the additional sum of $700 for counsel fees and expenses of the litigation ; that this last order was passed during the trial of the
An order granting temporary alimony and counsel fees is always subject to revision by the court. Civil Code, § 2459.
Judgment affirmed.