Sadler v. Sadler

• Court: South Carolina Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: WATTS, J.
• Citation: Sadler v. Sadler, 115 S.C. 217, 105 S.E. 285 (S.C. 1920)
• Decision Date: 20 December 1920
• Docket Number: 10554.
• Parties: SADLER v. SADLER.

105 S.E. 285

115 S.C. 217

SADLER v. SADLER.

No. 10554.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

December 20, 1920

Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of York County; W. H Townsend, Judge.

Action by Beatrice Sadler against William Sadler. From an order allowing temporary alimony and suit money, defendant appeals. Affirmed.

Thos F. McDow, and J. S. Brice, both of York, for appellant.

Gaston & Hamilton, of Chester, and John R. Hart, of York, for respondent.

WATTS J.

This is an appeal from an order allowing temporary alimony and suit money made by his honor, Judge Townsend, who heard the matter on affidavits and passed an order allowing the respondent $20 per month, temporary alimony, and allowing her counsel $300 suit money. Appellant appeals, and by six exceptions alleges error.

The exceptions allege abuse of discretion on the part of his honor; that the amounts allowed were excessive; that under the showing made he should have refused to allow anything that the weight of the evidence showed that the respondent had ample means to support herself; and that the appellant had in spirit and in fact performed faithfully all of the duties imposed upon him by his marital obligations.

This court has repeatedly decided that the allowance of temporary alimony and counsel fee is a matter within the discretion of the circuit judge, and we see no abuse of discretion on...