Nash v. Nash

(dissenting) — The respondent secured a decree of divorce from the appellant by default. The findings of fact upon which the decree was based found that the appellant was an able-bodied man, employed in the shipyards at seventy dollars per week. The decree gave the respondent custody of the minor child and allowed twenty dollars per week for his support. Appellant’s petition for modification of the decree showed that, for some time prior to its filing, appellant was employed by the United States Army Transport at a salary of about one hundred and fifteen dollars per month.

Appellant had the…