Haas v. Haas

The parties were duly divorced in the Circuit Court, City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on January 5, 1942. The decree was rendered on the petition of the plaintiff, sworn to December 8, 1941, upon the ground that the defendant “ has absented himself from plaintiff without a reasonable cause for the space of one year. ” It is concededly in full force and effect and entitled to full faith and credit in the courts of the State of New York.

The defendant was therein required to pay alimony to the plaintiff in the sum of thirty dollars per week. This sum was *872fixed by a written stipulation…