James Burns Phillips v. Sara B. Phillips

MERRILL, Justice. Appeal from a decree granting a divorce to the wife on the ground of cruelty, denying relief under the husband's crossbill charging voluntary abandonment, awarding alimony to the wife, support for a minor child and awarding attorneys' fees in favor of the wife. The parties were married in 1941 and separated in March, 1961. Their three sons were aged 21, 19 and 15 when the bill was filed in 1963. The 19 year old son is in the Navy, so only the youngest son is subject to be supported by his father in this suit. Appellant worked as a bread salesman, served two years in the Navy during World War II, resumed his job as bread salesman until 1955, when he rejoined the Navy for four years, and after he returned to Tuscaloosa, he began working for Alabama Gas Corporation as a salesman, and he has continued to do that work.