Johnson v. Johnson

McINERNEY, Justice.

Owen Richard Johnson, as plaintiff in a divorce action, was found guilty of contempt of court for not complying with the provision in the divorce decree requiring him to make monthly payments in a specified amount to his former wife. Plaintiff appeals on the ground that failure to comply with the terms of the divorce decree is not a proper basis for contempt proceedings. The judgment granting the divorce and settling the property rights of the respective parties does not designate the sum to be paid to the defendant wife as either alimony or as a division of the property.…