Lambert v. Gilmer

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• holding that an award of alimony to the wife in a divorce judgment was void because the husband had no notice that the issue of alimony would be tried and gave no express or implied consent to litigating that issue at trial
• holding that an award of alimony to the wife in a divorce judgment was void because the husband had no notice that the issue of alimony would be tried and gave no express or implied consent to litigating that issue at trial
• general prayer for relief in divorce petition otherwise giving no indication that wife sought alimony did not raise issue of alimony for purposes of default judgment

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