Talbot v. . New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

Plaintiff obtained on March 12, 1913, a final judgment of divorce from her husband, Hayden Talbot, with alimony at the rate of $75 a month. More than eight years later, on June 8, 1921, she obtained an order of arrest under Code Civil Procedure (§ 550), oh the ground that her husband was a non-resident, and that there was danger that by reason of such non-residence the judgment, which required “ the performance of an act, the neglect or refusal to perform which would be punishable by the court as a contempt,” might be rendered ineffectual. Such an order may bé granted either before or after…