O'Callaghan v. O'Callaghan

This is an appeal, from an order of the circuit court of Cook county, directing an attachment to issue against appellant for contempt, in refusing to obey a previous order of that court, by which he was required to pay appellee, his divorced wife, the sum of fifty dollars, at a stated time, for her maintenance and support.

The reasons urged for a reversal of the order are : jFirst—That as it appears that appellant is the owner of real estate in the city of Chicago, of the value of §5000, upon which the decree for alimony was a lien, the proceeding to enforce payment should have been against…