Stewart v. White

Lawrence, C. C. J.

This suit was submitted to the court, without a jury, by consent, at the Ocean Circuit. The facts are not disputed. The question involved is whether the personal representative of the estate of a deceased wife can recover of her former husband unpaid installments of permanent alimony provided for in the final decree of the Court of Chancery of this state granting a divorce to the wife, that is to say, installments remaining due at the time of the death of the latter. The answer, it appears, must be in the affirmative, and that they may be reduced to judgment in a court of…