Wylie v. Wylie

This is an appeal from an order of court vacating a previous order which modified an award of alimony in a divorce proceeding. The alimony was allowed in accordance with an agreement settling property rights which was incorporated in the final decree of divorce. The order modifying the previous award of alimony was annulled on the theory that the court lacked jurisdiction to vary the terms of a contract settling property rights which was approved and became a part of the decree of divorce. But the contract for alimony was merely conditional.

The plaintiff and defendant were formerly husband…