Beavers v. Beavers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Attachment for contempt. Before Judge .Terrell. Coweta superior court. May 3, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
1. An order against a husband, on the application of the wife, allowing temporary alimony, “may be enforced either by writ of fieri ficias or by attachment for contempt against the person of the husband.” Civil Code, § 2978.
2. Attachments for contempt are either civil or criminal, or both. An attachment for contempt for failure to pay an amount awarded as temporary alimony is in the nature of a civil proceeding; it is reme*507dial, its purpose being merely to compel obedience to the order of the court requiring the payment of the amount allowed as temporary alimony. Davis v. Davis, 138 Ga. 8 (74…
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