Lindwall v. Lindwall

Marshall, Justice.

The defendant former husband appeals from the judgment holding him in contempt of court for arrearages in alimony payments due the plaintiff former wife. He also enumerates as error the denial of his oral motion to dismiss and his plea of estoppel, which raised the defense of payment in full under the alimony agreement.

1. The alimony agreement, incorporated into the divorce decree, provided for monthly permanent alimony payments to the plaintiff until her death or remarriage. It further provided that, upon the defendant’s payment of $20,000 in cash, to be paid to her, then…