Krauss v. Krauss
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Julia Krauss, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 6th- day of June, 1908, modifying a decree of divorce by striking therefrom and annulling the provision with respect to the payment of alimony mmo fro fame as of the 21st day of July, 1906, and relieving the defendant from the payment of alimony from said 21st day of July, 1906, and directing the…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Julia Krauss, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 6th- day of June, 1908, modifying a decree of divorce by striking therefrom and annulling the provision with respect to the payment of alimony mmo fro fame as of the 21st day of July, 1906, and relieving the defendant from the payment of alimony from said 21st day of July, 1906, and directing the clerk to enter on the margin of the decree a notation to the effect that the alimony was annulled by such order.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The original final decree of divorce was entered on the 19th day of August, 1903. It contained no provision with respect to subsequent alimony. It was amended by consent on the following day by an order of the court inserting a provision requiring the defendant to pay to the plaintiff alimony at the rate of $600 per annum in monthly installments in advance on the first day of each month.
On the 21st day of July, 1906, the plaintiff married one Walter K. Wilkins. The defendant concedes that the sum of $1,184 back alimony had then accrued, which he had not paid. ' On learning that…
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- Livingston v. . LivingstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Walker v. . WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Goodsell v. GoodsellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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