Noyes v. Hubbard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition to the County Court praying that the petitionee be adjudged in contempt for neglect to pay certain alimony decreed by said court. The petitionee pleaded in bar a discharge from the court of insolvency for the district of Rutland. To this, plea the petitioner demurred. Heard upon demurrer at the September term, 1891, Thompson, J., presiding. Judgment that the plea was sufficient. The petitioner excepts.
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Petition to the County Court praying that the petitionee be adjudged in contempt for neglect to pay certain alimony decreed by said court. The petitionee pleaded in bar a discharge from the court of insolvency for the district of Rutland. To this, plea the petitioner demurred. Heard upon demurrer at the September term, 1891, Thompson, J., presiding. Judgment that the plea was sufficient. The petitioner excepts. A decree for alimony may be enforced by a proceeding for contempt. Curtis v. Cordon, 62 Vt. 340 ; Andrew v. Andrew,. 62 Yt. 495; Ex parte Spencer, 83 Cal. 460. Such a decree is not a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
ROSS, Ch. J.
This is a petition to the County Court, praying that the petitionee be dealt with for contempt for neglecting to perform the decree of that court, made in a divorce *303proceeding between them, ordering him to pay the petitioner one dollar a week for the support of their minor child, until the child shall attain the age of eighteen years.
The petitionee pleads in bar to the petition, a discharge granted him since the making of the order, by the court of insolvency.
The facts of the plea are admitted by the demurer. The contention is, whether the…
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