McNeil v. McNeil

Citations

• 127 Miss. 616
• 90 So. 327

Syllabus

<p>Divorce. On wife’s bill for alimony and to set aside husband’s fraudulent conveyance, where he seeks divorce, alimony pendente lite and attorney’s fees should be granted.</p> <p>Where a wife files a bill for alimony and for suit money to set aside a conveyance by the husband in (fraud of her marital rights, and the husband answers the bill, admitting that he deserted the wife and had not contributed to her support, though able to do so, and admits making the conveyance for the purpose of defeating her right to resort to him or his property for support, and files a bill asking a divorce, the court should allow alimony pendente lite and attorney’s fees for the wife, even though she may have some property which she could sell or incumber and pay the attorney and support herself.</p>