Meyer

Suit for divorce. This appeal is from an order made October 17,1892, on the motion of defendant requiring the plaintiff to pay to the defendant alimony, pendente lite, in the sum of $125 per month, and $200 counsel fees. Notice of appeal from said order was served October 29,1892, but the bill of exceptions was not settled until September 16,1896. The affidavit of defendant in support of said motion showed that there was issue of said marriage, one son, aged twelve years; that plaintiff is a pilot, and as such earns a monthly sum exceeding $500, as she is informed and believes; that he contributes nothing to the support of herself or said child, and that she “is now deriving her support through the assistance of relatives”; that it is necessary to employ counsel; and that $250 per month is a reasonable sum for the support of herself and child. From affidavits and other evidence introduced by plaintiff, among which were the deposition of the defendant and the testimony of her father and brothers, it appeared that said parties to this proceeding were married in 1878; that about four years afterward the defendant’s father conveyed to her a house and lot on Van Ness avenue, now of the…