Ramsay v. Ramsay
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Forrest county. Hon. D. M. Watkins,, Chancellor. Bill by Cánnie H. Ramsay against N. K. Ramsay for divorce. Decree for plaintiff. From an order committing defendant to jail for failure to pay alimony, he appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Forrest county. Hon. D. M. Watkins,, Chancellor. Bill by Cánnie H. Ramsay against N. K. Ramsay for divorce. Decree for plaintiff. From an order committing defendant to jail for failure to pay alimony, he appeals. The court below erred in overruling appellant’s motion to quash the information and citation; (2) It was error to fine the appellant fifty dollars; (3) It was error to commit appellant to jail for his failure to pay past due alimony, and for his failure to give security for it, and (4) It was error to decree against the appellant the payment of fifty…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The appellant and the appellee became husband and wife in December, 1918, and have one child. In September, 1919, the court below granted the appellee a divorce, awarded the custody of their child to her, and directed the appellant to pay the appellee permanent alimony in *194monthly installments of seventy dollars each for the support of herself and their child, and required the appellant to execute a bond to secure the payment thereof in the sum of one thousand dollars. The appellant, in default of the execution of this bond, was committed to prison, and his fruitless, effort to obtain a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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