Borton v. Borton

BOULDIN, Justice.

The present appeal involves this question : On a decree for divorce with permanent alimony, payable in part by way of a gross sum in cash from the corpus of the husband’s estate, and in part by way of an allowance payable “each month thereafter,” for the maintenance and support of the wife, do such monthly payments continue to accrue after the death of the husband and constitute a charge or indebtedness against his estate?.

The bill, to which demurrers were sustained, sets out the divorce proceedings, which disclose that the parties had entered into a written agreement, made…