State Ex Rel. Houtchens v. District Court of Fourth Judicial District

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:

This is an application for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the district court in committing relator, hereinafter called plaintiff, to jail for contempt in disobedience of an order compelling him to pay certain sums as alimony pendente lite, suit money, medical expenses and ■ counsel fees in the pending divorce action brought by relator, John Houtchens, plaintiff, against his wife, Edith Houtchens, defendant.

January 30, 1948, the court made an order that plaintiff pay to defendant as alimony pendente lite $50 per month; for doctor ’s services furnished the…