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JOHNSON v. JOHNSON

No. 243.

75 S.E.2d 109 (1953)

237 N.C. 383

JOHNSON v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 18, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. R. Temple, Jr., Smithfield, and J. R. Barefoot, Benson, for plaintiff, appellant.

Lyon & Lyon, Smithfield, for the defendant, appellee.

ERVIN, Justice.

These propositions are well settled:

1. When the husband sues the wife for an absolute divorce, the wife may plead a cause of action for divorce from bed and board as a cross action, and obtain upon a proper showing allowances from the estate or earnings of her husband for her support during the pendency of the action and for counsel fees for her attorneys. G.S. § 50-15; Nall v. Nall, 229 N.C. 598, 50 S.E.2d 737; Covington v. Covington...

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