Elam v. Elam
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Alcorn county. Hon. A. J. McIntyke, Chancellor. Suit by Mattie Elam against Allen Elam for divorce, in which alimony was granted pendente lite, and the defendant was adjudged guilty of contempt and sentenced to imprisonment until he purged himself of such contempt, from which judgment he appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Alcorn county. Hon. A. J. McIntyke, Chancellor. Suit by Mattie Elam against Allen Elam for divorce, in which alimony was granted pendente lite, and the defendant was adjudged guilty of contempt and sentenced to imprisonment until he purged himself of such contempt, from which judgment he appeals. In the case at bar, the appellant in his answer to the rule, nisi, requiring him to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt and his petition to have the decree granting alimony pendente lite set aside and annulled, set up the facts not only that his wife…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Appellant, Allen Elam, was adjudged guilty Of contempt of court, and sentenced to imprisonment until he purged himself of such contení])!, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.
The appellee, his wife, sued him for divorce, and on her motion the court allowed her alimony pendente lite; the order for the payment of which appellant failed to comply with...' Thereupon at the instance of appellee he was attached for contempt, to which attachment he answered that he was not in contempt of court, because at the time the order for the payment of temporary alimony ivas made the appellee,…
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