Mann v. Morrison
Decision Date | 28 October 1942 |
Docket Number | 6470 |
Citation | 130 P.2d 286,102 Utah 282 |
Court | Utah Supreme Court |
Parties | MANN v. MORRISON, Judge |
Original proceeding by May Vasta Randall Mann against Honorable Marriner M. Morrison, as Judge of the District Court of the First Judicial District in and for Box Elder County, State of Utah, for a writ of mandamus directing the judge of such district court to issue an order to the plaintiff in a divorce suit pending in that court to show cause why he should not be required to pay to defendant wife maintenance and support money, suit money, and attorney's fees pending the trial of the cause.
Peremptory writ directed to issue.
Arthur Woolley, of Ogden, for plaintiff.
Grover A. Giles, Atty. Gen., and Zar E. Hayes and Calvin Rampton Deputy Attys. Gen., for defendant.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus, directing the Judge of the District Court of Box Elder County to issue an order to the plaintiff in a divorce suit pending in that court to show cause why he should not be required to pay to his defendant wife maintenance and support money, suit money and attorneys' fees pending the trial of the cause.
Suit for divorce was filed by David Horace Mann against May Vasta Randall Mann in the District Court of the First Judicial District, Box Elder County, Utah, on December 29, 1941. After service of summons and within time defendant therein appeared by her counsel, filed a demurrer, and an affidavit of merits and application for an order directing the plaintiff husband to show cause why he should not be required to pay to the defendant wife $ 100 monthly during the pendency of the suit for her support and maintenance, $ 500 for costs and expenses in presenting her defense and counterclaim, and $ 500 to apply on her attorneys' fees.
and so ordered.
Plaintiff herein thereupon instituted this original proceeding. Alternative writ of mandate was issued directing the defendant Judge to issue the process referred to or to show...
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