Campbell v. Campbell

The issue presented on this appeal is whether a provision in a divorce decree 1 for payments to the wife, until her death or remarriage, of a minimum of $1,200 a year at the rate of $100 a month is alimony and, hence, subject to modification or elimination under certain conditions, or whether it is part of a property settlement approved and ratified by the court and, hence, not subject to any alteration by the court.

A petition by the husband to modify the divorce decree, by eliminating the payments, was denied by the trial court for the reason that such decree did not provide for alimony or…