McGill v. McGill
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered July 10, 1911, requiring the payment of alimony awarded in a decree of divorce.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an appeal from an order requiring the defendant to pay delinquent installments of alimony, awarded to plaintiff for the support of a minor child, by a decree of divorce, within ten days, failing which he stand committed to the county jail as for contempt. The defendant appeared specially and moved the court to quash the proceeding upon two grounds.(1) It is urged that the proceeding, being for a contempt, could, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 1054, be prosecuted only in the name of the state. It is a sufficient answer to say that this is not a proceeding for an independent contempt such as…
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