Beam v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.

HALE, Justice.

Mrs. Maude Beam, individually and as next friend for her minor daughter, Edith Beam, sued Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and B. T. Beam for the recovery of certain sums of money alleged to be due under the terms of a written contract and decree of divorce. The contract contained an assignment to Mrs. Beam of a portion of the wages to be earned by her husband in his employment with the Telephone Company. The later decree of divorce did not contain such assignment, but required Mr. Beam to pay a portion of his future wages directly into the registry of the court for the use…