Murchison v. Murchison

This appeal is from an order denying a motion to quash execution and enter satisfaction of judgment in a divorce action. The question is whether the plaintiff, who paid an income tax deficiency after the divorce, was entitled to offset a part of it against the balance due defendant under the divorce judgment.

The record on appeal indicates that plaintiff obtained an interlocutory judgment of divorce against defendant on July 30, 1956. The final judgment was entered a year later. The interlocutory ordered plaintiff to pay defendant $300 per month beginning with July 1956 and continuing for 59…