Lutz v. District Court of the First Judicial District

By the Court,

Fitzgerald, C. J.:

This is a proceeding in certiorari. Petitioner herein was defendant in a divorce suit in the court below, Said court made an order that he pay for the benefit of his wife, the plaintiff in the said divorce suit, the sum of $150 for attorney’s fees, $100 for costs of suit, and $35 a month alimony pendente lite. Petitioner, failing to make said payments, was cited by the court to appear and show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court. He appeared and as cause *153and excuse for his failure to make the payments set up his inability to make the same.…