Moore v. Moore
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 94, April T., 1916, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Fourth Term, 1910, No. 9, discharging rule for attachment for contempt in case of Lucille W. Moore v. Alexander P. Moore. Rule for an attachment for contempt for not paying alimony. The case turned upon the validity of an order awarding permanent alimony to a wife after an absolute divorce had been granted to her. Error assigned was order discharging rule for an attachment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
By the decree of the court below made September 22, 1910, upon a libel or petition, these parties were absolutely divorced from the nuptial ties and bonds theretofore contracted by them. In making this decree the court added an order upon the respondent to pay to the libellant during the term of her natural life the weekly sum of seventy-five dollars. This amount was paid by him until June 7th, 1915, when he ceased the payment. Upon petition setting forth these facts a rule was granted upon respondent to show cause why he should not be judged guilty of contempt in not…
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