Waka Okazaki Ex Rel. Sutejiro Sato v. Seishiro Okazaki

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PETERS, J.

This is a suit in equity by a wife against her husband for separate maintenance.

The principal question presented by this appeal is the enforceability, after final decree, of an order of temporary maintenance made pendente lite. Both by the order of temporary maintenance and by the final decree the wife was awarded maintenance for herself and the minor children of the marriage. But the final decree, which awarded permanent maintenance, was silent upon the rights and liabilities of the respective parties in respect to temporary maintenance accrued prior to final…