Driggers v. Pearson

The present writ of error was taken" to a judgment of the lower court, remanding the plaintiff, Driggers, to the custody of the sheriff, entered after the hearing on a writ of habeas corpus issued in the cause following a citation of contempt for failure to pay alimony pendente lite and attorney’s fees as ordered by the court. Suit was originally instituted by Maud Driggers by the filing of a bill in the nature of a “bill for separate maintenance,” under Section 4988 C. G. L., alleging extreme and repeated cruelty. Incorporated in the bill was a petition for alimony pendente lite and…