Maurice Baskin & Co. v. Howe

By this appeal the appellants seek to review an order denying a motion to strike out an answer and grant judgment for the plaintiffs. The consideration. of that order requires an examination of the question whether alimony awarded by the court to support and maintain a wife and her children may be attached in a proceeding to enforce a judgment obtained against the wife.

In a matrimonial action pending in the Supreme Court, Westchester county, the defendant George Howe was directed to pay $500 per month alimony to his wife, Mary L. Howe, in semimonthly installments of $250 each for the…