Taylor v. Stowe

By the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine a divorce was decreed to Emma F. Stowe (now Emma F. Taylor and the plaintiff in this action) on April 28, 1899, and the custody of the minor children was given to her. The decree also recited: “It is further ordered and decreed that the libellee pay to the libellant the sum of three dollars per week, payable monthly, till further order of court, and in default of any of said payments *249for the space of two months, an execution is to issue therefor.” It is admitted that the husband (the present defendant) appeared by attorney in the divorce proceeding.

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