Legal Opinion

Thayer v. Thayer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 2, 1911PublishedCited by 34 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Henry W. Thayer, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the' New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of April, 1911.

1Opinion of the Court

Scott, J..:

The defendant appeals from an order directing the clerk to docket as a ■ judgment the amount, due from defendant to plaintiff for' unpaid alimony awarded by a final decree of divorce.

On January 7, 1909, the plaintiff' recovered a judgment of divorce against defendant wherein said defendant was ordered and directed to. pay alimony to said plaintiff at and after the rate of $150 per month. This he did for a few months, but failed to pay the installment for the month of November, 1909, whereupon plaintiff undertook by proceedings to punish him as. for a contempt to compel the payment…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wetmore v. . WetmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. Harris v. . ElliottNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  3. People Ex Rel. Levine v. . SheaNew York Court of Appeals · 1911

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Holton v. HoltonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
  3. Doncourt v. DoncourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
  4. Durlacher v. DurlacherNew York Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Jacobson v. JacobsonCity of New York Municipal Court · 1914

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