Herzog v. Bramel

STRAUP, Chief Justice.

This is an application for a writ of mandate to compel the district court to reinstate, hear, and determine a proceeding on petition of Nellie Herzog, formerly Purrington, against J. F. Purrington, her former husband, filed in the district court requiring the defendant to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for alleged failure to pay alimony as decreed by the court in the divorce action. In the petition filed in the district court May, 1932, it was alleged and admitted that the decree of divorce was granted November 14, 1930, in favor of the plaintiff,…