Phillippi v. Phillippi

Bill was filed in. the circuit court for modification of an alimony decree under the provision of c. 16780, Gen. Laws of 1935. The circuit court dismissed the bill without leave to amend. We are to review the correctness of such ruling.

The bill discloses that defendant herein was awarded a decree of divorce from plaintiff herein in 1939 on the ground of cruelty. Agreeable to stipulation of the parties the divorce decree awarded certain sums paid to the wife and the further sum of $175.00 monthly as permanent alimony. There were no children. The husband was employed as a commercial aviation…