Bauman v. Bauman

This appeal concerns the interpretation of a tax provision in a property settlement agreement. The question was litigated upon an order requiring the defendant husband to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failure to pay certain taxes plaintiff wife contends are to be paid by him pursuant to a decree which incorporated the property settlement agreement. The court held the agreement did not require the payment of such taxes.

The property settlement agreement was in the form of a stipulation dictated by the attorney for the plaintiff to a court reporter, in the courtroom, in…