Morgan v. Morgan

BROOM, Justice,

for the Court:

Alimony security is challenged here: impression of a lien upon the property of Thomas Hershel Morgan (appellant) to secure his paying alimony, etc. as provided in the parties’ divorce decree. When Mr. Morgan defaulted, his former wife Ada Lam-mons Morgan (appellee) initiated contempt proceedings in the Chancery Court of Simpson County; the court decreed him to be in contempt and fixed a lien against his property to secure future payments. Mr. Morgan, on his appeal, argues that fixing a “lien on property to insure future installments not now due is constitutionally…