Case Name: ELIZABETH EDWARDS v. WILLIAM EDWARDS
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1833-06
Citations: 1 Ohio Ch. 308
Docket Number: 
Parties: ELIZABETH EDWARDS v. WILLIAM EDWARDS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery Ohio
Volume: 1
Pages: 308–309

Head Matter:
ELIZABETH EDWARDS v. WILLIAM EDWARDS.
Divorce — alimony pendente lite — affidavits—practice.
Alimony pendente jite will be allowed for the support of the wife and children, on affidavits making a prima facie case; and the husband will be enjoined from disturbing the wife in the control of the children, or the enjoyment of the use of the household furniture.
Divorce. Cause alleged extreme cruelty. The petitioner filed her bill, and now offers affidavits of cause, moves for an allowance for herself and children pendente lite. Notice to the defendants of the motion, and of taking the affidavits, was proven.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The case made on the affidavits, is prima facie a strong one. The applicant may retain the custody of the children, and also the possession and use of the household furniture. He will be enjoined from disturbing her in either, and ordered to pay into the hands of the clerk of this Court, for the maintenance of his wife and children, ten dollars, within three days, and ten dollars every sixty days thereafter, until the next term of this Court; and in default of payment, execution to issue for the sum due.