Sullivan v. Sullivan

A question presented is the' right of the courts to modify decrees for alimony payable by installments, after the lapse of time, where there is no power reserved in the decree to make such modification. In recognition of such necessity, according to the justice of the circumstances and changed conditions of the parties, it has been suggested that such decrees be kept open. Johnson v. Johnson, 195 Ala. 641, 71 So. 415; Rearden v. Rearden, 210 Ala. 129, 97 So. 138; Ortman v. Ortman, 203 Ala. 167, 82 So. 417. In Morgan v. Morgan, 211 Ala. 7, 99 So. 185, the decree had been kept open by specific…