Wedderburn v. Wedderburn
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia adjudging bim in contempt of court for failure to obey an order requiring bim to'make'payments to be applied for the support of bis infant child, and increasing the amount named in sucb order.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia adjudging bim in contempt of court for failure to obey an order requiring bim to'make'payments to be applied for the support of bis infant child, and increasing the amount named in sucb order. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree in the supreme court of the District adjudging appellant, Alexander J. Wedderburn, in contempt for failing and neglecting to carry out the provisions of an order as to payments to be applied toward the maintenance and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
That the court had jurisdiction in the original habeas corpus proceeding hardly will be questioned. See Code, sec. 1150. And the decision of the court in that proceeding awarding the *153custody and control of the child to the mother was res judicata, under the ruling of this court in Slack v. Perrine, 9 App. D. C. 128, 150, where the question was carefully considered and squarely ruled. See also Richards v. Collins, 45 N. J. Eq. 283, 14 Am. St. Rep. 726, 17 Atl. 831; Goldsmith v. Valentine, 36 App. D. C. 63, is not in conflict with the decision in Slack v. Perrine, for in the latter case the…
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