Harrison v. Union & New Haven Trust Co.

On December 8, 1916, the plaintiff was granted a divorce from her husband, the defendant’s decedent. In its decree, the court awarded custody of the minor child to the plaintiff, together with alimony and support in the amount of $6000 of which $2000 was to be paid March 1, 1917, and $1000 annually thereafter until the entire sum was paid. It was further provided that the decedent “pay to the plaintiff from his income the sum of $15 per week during her life, as alimony for the plaintiff and support for the child.” The decree was modified in 1933 to reduce the weekly payment to $10. The dece…