Lewis v. Lewis

Citations

• 83 Wash. 671
• 145 P. 980
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 734

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Alimony and Suit Money Pending Appeal — Jurisdiction. Tbe superior court retains jurisdiction, after judgment in divorce actions, for tbe purpose of allowing suit money, attorney’s fees and alimony pending appeal; in view of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 988, giving tbe court power to make sucb orders relative to expense so as to insure efficient preparation of tbe wife’s case, and Id., § 1731, providing that on appeal tbe superior court shall retain jurisdiction for certain specified purposes, and “for all purposes in so far as tbe cause is not affected by tbe appeal;” especially in view of tbe rule that tbe supreme court is without jurisdiction to bear such applications pending tbe appeal.</p> <p>Appeal — Review — Collateral Proceedings — Scope. An appeal from an order allowing suit money pending appeal in a divorce case does not bring up for review questions involved in the principal action in which tbe appeal has been dismissed.</p>