Weingarten v. Weingarten

On November 27, 1928, an order was made granting to the plaintiff $1,000 per month alimony and $5,000 counsel fee. The order directed the payment of the alimony “ during the pendency of this action to begin as of October 12th, 1928, the date of the commencement of this action; said payments to be made for accrued alimony forthwith — and for alimony hereafter accruing on or before the 12th day of each month.” The payment of the counsel fee was to be made within ten days.

Upon appeal to the Appellate Division the order was modified on December twenty-first by reducing the alimony to $750 per…