Boyle v. Boyle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered December 7, 1912, adjudging defendant guilty of contempt in violating an order for the payment of alimony.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
— This is a proceeding wherein the plaintiff seeks to have the defendant adjudged to be in contempt of court for his failure to pay alimony.
*530On the 19th day of October, 1909, by decree of court, the bonds of matrimony theretofore existing between the plaintiff and the defendant were dissolved. By the decree the defendant was ordered to pay to the plaintiff as alimony the sum of $25 per month. This decree not being conformed to by the defendant, on May 27, 1912, the plaintiff made an application to the superior court for an order directed to the defendant requiring him to show cause on the 10th…
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