Cupples v. Cupples

Plaintiff and defendant were divorced on December 6, 1922, by decree which provided that plaintiff “do have and recover judgment against defendant J. E. Cupples, for alimony of $150.00 per month in settlement and satisfaction of the community heretofore existing between said parties as prayed for in the petition filed herein.”

On December 11, 1930, defendant ruled plaintiff to show cause why the order fixing the amount of “alimony” to be paid by him should not be set aside, or the amount reduced, for the alleged reason that, since the' rendition of the judgment ordering him to pay “alimony”…