Ex parte Dukes

■Smith., J.

This cause grew out of a divorce proceeding, in which the petitioner Dukes was granted a divorce from his wife, Willie Dukes, and by consent of parties the wife was awarded as alimony an estate for life in a certain lot in the city of Dermott and an allowance of $2,000, of which $200 was payable in cash and the balance payable at the rate of $35 per month. The petitioner made one payment and defaulted, and, when cited for contempt in failing and refusing to pay the alimony monthly as required by the decree of the court, filed a response in which he set up the following facts:

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