Christiano v. Christiano
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Nellie Christiano, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 22d day of September, 1922, as resettled by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of October, 1922, denying plaintiff’s motion to punish defendant for contempt for failure to pay alimony.
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.:
The plaintiff on December 18, 1915, obtained a final judgment of separation against the defendant. In the judgment it was provided that the plaintiff should have the care, custody and education of a child of the parties and the defendant should pay plaintiff ten dollars on Saturday of each week for the support and maintenance of the plaintiff and said child.
There seems to have been much difficulty in collecting any sum from the defendant, although the plaintiff has utilized all the remedies provided by statute. Evidently the practice in divorce and annulment cases was followed by…
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- People v. . QualeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
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