Green v. Beaumont

1. The exclusive jurisdiction vested in the superior court as respects alimony applies only as respects proceedings to adjudicate the plaintiff’s right to alimony and to render a judgment or decree therefor. Exclusive jurisdiction is not vested in the superior court as respects suits instituted upon a contract entered into between a husband and his wife by which he agrees to pay alimony to her. It follows, that, where suit was instituted in a city court upon a contract by which the defendant, as the husband of the plaintiff, had agreed to pay to the plaintiff certain sums of money as alimony,…