Jackson & Scherer, Inc. v. Washburn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

This appeal stems from a controversy arising from the efforts of Margaret A. Castagna, formerly Washburn, to enforce a judgment for past due alimony and child support against her former husband, Howard Washburn. The judgment was in the original sum of $8,014.00. (See Washburn v. Washburn, 204 Kan. 160, 460 P. 2d 503.) Both Howard and Margaret remarried and Howard was later divorced from his second wife, Dorothy Lee.

Plaintiff-appellee, Jackson & Scherer, Inc. (hereafter referred to as plaintiff or Jackson), a partnership at the time, owned…