White v. White

The defendant by his insistant refusal to obey the orders of the court as to alimony and counsel fee and for providing the expenses of the plaintiff in opposing this appeal and his withdrawal from this State has rendered it impossible for the plaintiff to oppose these appeals and sustain the judgment and orders appealed from. Certainly the court cannot allow a party to an action to treat the orders of the court with contumely and contempt and at the same time allow him to prosecute an appeal, especially where it appears that a compliance with the order is essential to the respondent to…