Oltarsh v. Oltarsh

Substantial rights already vested under a decree of this court may be. nullified by the defendant’s impending action in view of the holding in Williams v. North Carolina (317 U. S. 287). Under such circumstances the court may intervene to ward off threatened harm. (Greenberg v. Greenberg, 218 App. Div. 104.)

Nor is the holding in Goldstein v. Goldstein (283 N. Y. 146) determinative of this application. That decision was reached prior to the holding in the Williams case and depended for its authority upon the validity of Haddock v. Haddock (201 *256U. S. 562). Inasmuch as the Williams case has…