SHANNON v. SHANNON

No. 704.

151 S.E.2d 613 (1966)

268 N.C. 714

Robert P. SHANNON v. Betty Z. SHANNON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan, Wright, Henson & Nichols, by Luke Wright, Greensboro, for plaintiff.

Cahoon & Swisher, Greensboro, for defendant.


PER CURIAM.

The sole question presented is: Did the trial judge err in awarding fees to defendant's counsel?

"`Natural justice and the policy of the law alike demand that, in any litigation between the husband and the wife, they shall have equal facilities for presenting their case before the tribunal. This requires that they shall have equal command of funds, so that if she is without means, the law having tested the acquisitions of

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