Case Name: Ada Carlton, Appellant, v. Thomas N. Carlton, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1919-08-01
Citations: 78 Fla. 252
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ada Carlton, Appellant, v. Thomas N. Carlton, Appellee.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 252–254

Head Matter:
Ada Carlton, Appellant, v. Thomas N. Carlton, Appellee.
Opinion Filed August 1, 1919.
Petitions for rehearing denied November 8, 1919.
■Where a divorce is granted to the husband on the grounds of habitual indulgence in violent and ungovernable temper and extreme cruelty of tlie wife, and it appears that the wife contributed materially in funds and industry through a long period of years to the acquisition of the home and other property of the husband, which gives her a special equity in such property, a reasonable allowance should be made from the husband’s property for her maintenance and support.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for DeSoto County; John S. Edwards, Judge.
Decree affirmed in part, and reversed in part.
Altman & Morrow, for Appellant;
W. W. Whitehurst and Doyle E. Carlton, for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
— A divorce was granted to the husband upon the statutory grounds of habitual indulgence in violent and ungovernable temper and extreme cruelty, and the chancellor denied the wife's application for alimony, and she appealed. There is sufficient testimony to support the decree of divorce; but we think the circumstances of this case require some provision to be made for the wife, out of the husband's property.
The appellant is the mother of the appellee's six children ; she generously contributed in funds and by her personal exertion and industry through a long period of time to the acquisition and development of his home and other property and the establishment of his fortune. This gives her a special equity in the property which she aided in acquiring and preserving.
The portion of the decree granting a divorce is affirmed, but that portion which denied her any maintenance is reversed, and the cause is remanded for appropriate pro ceeding in awarding ber a reasonable allowance for her maintenance and support.
It is so ordered.
All concur.