Butler v. Butler

Plaintiff-appellant secured a divorce from defendant-appellee on October 25, 1954. The decree, signed by Circuit Judge Frank Ferguson, was based in large measure upon a property settlement agreement between the parties.

’ Among its other terms, defendant-appellee was ordered to pay $1,100 per month to his wife as alimony. There was no provision specifically reserving to the court power to amend this order. No appeal was taken from this decree.

Defendant-appellee filed a petition March 29, 1957, seeking a reduction of the alimony previously ordered, on the basis of a claimed marked change of his…