Mungin v. Mungin

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Mungin v. Mungin

134 S.E. 238, 166 S.C. 43, 1932 S.C. LEXIS 116

Supreme Court of South Carolina·Decided May 30, 1932·No. 13417·Published

Opinion

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Brease.

The appeal here is on the part of the defendant from an order of his Honor, Circuit Judge Grimball, allowing temporary alimony and attorney’s fees to the plaintiff. It is not necessary to cite authorities to sustain the well-settled rule that the allowance of temporary alimony and attorney’s fees is within the discretion of the Circuit Judge, and it is incumbent upon the appellant to show an abuse of discretion on the part of the Judge in his conclusions. There has been ik> such showing here; so the order' appealed from is affirmed.

Messrs. Justices StabrEr, Carter and Bonham concur.

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Brease.

The appeal here is on the part of the defendant from an order of his Honor, Circuit Judge Grimball, allowing temporary alimony and attorney’s fees to the plaintiff. It is not necessary to cite authorities to sustain the well-settled rule that the allowance of temporary alimony and attorney’s fees is within the discretion of the Circuit Judge, and it is incumbent upon the appellant to show an abuse of discretion on the part of the Judge in his conclusions. There has been ik> such showing here; so the order' appealed from is affirmed.

Messrs. Justices StabrEr, Carter and Bonham concur.

Mungin v. Mungin, 134 S.E. 238, 166 S.C. 43, 1932 S.C. LEXIS 116 (S.C. 1932).

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