Banks v. Banks

Beid, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in error complains of a ruling which adjudged him in contempt for failure to pay temporary alimony which had been awarded against him in favor of his wife, and which ordered that he be confined to jail until certain payments prescribed therein should be made. On the hearing Banks admitted that he had not made any payments of the alimony or attorney’s fees previously awarded against him, and for this reason he alleged his financial inability to comply with the order. He contended that he was not able to procure work in addition to what he did as a tenant…