Reed

This is an appeal from an order requiring defendant to pay plaintiff a certain amount monthly as alimony for her support pendente lite and another certain sum as suit money to enable her to prosecute the action.

The action was commenced by plaintiff to obtain a divorce. Her complaint, filed January 9, 1915, contained allegations showing her indigent circumstances and defendant’s possession of community property worth several thousand dollars, and prayed for alimony for her support and suit money. On March 22, 1915, defendant answered. On June 16, 1915, plaintiff served and filed a notice that, on June 21, 1915, she would apply to the court to have the cause set for hearing on the issues tendered by her complaint as to alimony pendente lite" and suit money. Thereafter, by consent of both parties in open court, the motion was continued to June 28,1915. On the last-mentioned date the matter again was continued, by consent of both parties in open court, this time to July 2, 1915, on which date the matter duly came on for hearing, witnesses were sworn and testified, and, on July 29, 1915—the matter having regularly been continued to that date—the court made an order directing…