Southard v. Southard

This is a petition, dated February 3, 1927, by the libellee in a divorce proceeding in the Probate Court, to vacate a decree of divorce with alimony granted to his wife on June 15, 1925. It is alleged in the petition that the court had no jurisdiction to make the decree awarding alimony, because it ordered the payment of alimony to continue after the decease of the libellee, because it was not limited to the amounts due at his decease, and because it required him to keep his life insured as security for the payment of alimony after his death.

The libellant and libellee agreed in writing that…