Murray v. Murray

Citations

• 80 Pa. Super. 573
• 1923 Pa. Super. LEXIS 210

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Alimony and counsel fees pendente lite — Discharge of rule — Discretion of court.</p> <p>An application for an order for alimony and counsel fees is addressed to the discretion of the court, having jurisdiction of the cause, and in the exercise of this discretion regard is to be had to the'husband’s ability to pay and the wife’s necessity.</p> <p>The opinion of the trial judge that the libellant would fail in her suit was not sufficient reason to discharge a rule for such alimony and counsel fees, and the entry of such an order was not exercise of the sound discretion of the court.</p>