Dwyer v. Dwyer

By this appeal defendant, Thomas L. Dwyer, seeks to reverse a judgment entered January 15, 1936, by the superior court of Cook county by which he was found to be in default in failing to pay $10 a week to complainant, as theretofore ordered, for the support and maintenance of a minor child of the parties. For such failure he was adjudged to be in contempt of court and it was ordered that he be committed to the common jail of Cook county for a period not to exceed six months.

The record discloses that on April 15, 1927, a decree of divorce was entered in favor of complainant against •defendant…