Kemp v. Kemp
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Washington; Prentiss .B. Carter, Judge. Action by Mrs. Lenora Kerkem Kemp against Phillip B. Kemp. Judgment for plaintiff for separation from bed and board and for alimony. On rule for contempt of court for nonpayment of alimony. Erom judgment ordering that he be confined in jail, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommekyille, J.
On rule for contempt of court. Plaintiff obtained a judgment of separation from bed and board from defendant, together with an order for him to pay her $15 per month alimony. Kemp v. Kemp, 144 La. 671, 81 South. 221.
Plaintiff has ruled defendant into court, alleging that he has failed to pay alimony for the last several months, and she asks that he be punished, as being in contempt of court, for having failed to obey the order thereof. Defendant has answered, saying that he has paid the alimony as far as he was able to pay it; that he was sick and unable to work; and that he was unable to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kemp v. KempSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
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