Harvey v. Harvey, 17251
Decision Date | 29 January 1957 |
Docket Number | No. 17251,17251 |
Citation | 96 S.E.2d 469,230 S.C. 457 |
Parties | Freda Perry HARVEY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Furman V. HARVEY, Defendant-Appellant. |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Harvey & Harvey, Beaufort, for appellant.
Thomas & Thomas, Beaufort, for respondent.
This appeal arises out of cross-actions for divorce brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Beaufort County.
Plaintiff-Respondent, Freda Perry Harvey, brought an action seeking a divorce on the grounds of physical cruelty, the custody of the four children, permanent alimony to support such children, and counsel fees. The husband, Defendant-Appellant by way of answer entered a general denial and also filed a cross-complaint seeking a divorce on the grounds of alleged desertion.
The matter was referred to a Special Referee for the purpose of taking testimony only and reporting to the Court of Common Pleas without recommendation. Thereafter, the Hearing Judge found that the parties were married in October, 1937, to which union four children were born, Furman Val Harvey, Jr. (1938), Gail Harvey (1940), Ray Lee Harvey (1943), and John Gary Harvey (1948); that the parties are living separate and apart and all of the children reside with the father, who at that time, was paying temporary alimony in the sum of $25.00 per week. He further found as a matter of fact that the Plaintiff, wife, As to the Defendant-Appellant, he found ...
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