Brewster v. Brewster

On the former appeal in this case, reported in 204 Md. 501, we reversed a decree of the Chancellor entered on November 10, 1958, for a sum representing past due alimony under a decree of divorce a mensa passed on June 26, 1951, and holding the husband in contempt. Our decision was based on the fact that, in his answer to a petition praying the relief granted, the appellant had set up an absolute divorce obtained by him in- Arkansas on July 2, 1951, supported by an exemplified copy thereof. No testimony was taken on the petition and answer, and we held that unless and until the Arkansas decree…