Bales v. Bales

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

The fact that an execution might have been issued to enforce the payment of the sum allowed as alimony did not bar the plaintiff of her right to have the decree for alimony enforced' by attachment for contempt, under the facts and circumstances set forth in the petition. “ The power to enforce a decree for permanent alimony by attachment for contempt for failing to comply therewith belongs inherently to a court having jurisdiction of divorce suits.” Van Dyke v. Van Dyke, 125 Ga. 491 (54 S. E. 537). “"When a wife has obtained final decree for alimony and the…