Bennett Ex Rel. Wilson v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Lincoln County; before ■Jno H. Burford, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS Tbis was an action begun by tbe defendant in error, Sarah Grace Bennett, on the 21st day of May, 1903, in the district court of Lincoln county, Oklahoma Territory, for divorce and alimony, against A. W. Bennett.
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Error from the District Court of Lincoln County; before ■Jno H. Burford, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS Tbis was an action begun by tbe defendant in error, Sarah Grace Bennett, on the 21st day of May, 1903, in the district court of Lincoln county, Oklahoma Territory, for divorce and alimony, against A. W. Bennett. On the 21st day. of July, 1903,. Sarah Grace Bennett filed an amended petition in said cause, in which she made Harry M. Bennett, a son of A. W. Bennett by a former marriage, a minor 11 years of age, a party defendant. In the amended petition it is alleged that defendant A. W.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Irwin, J.:
The first assignment of error complained of by the plaintiff in error, is that the court erred in refusing to grant A. W. Bennett permission to file his answer to the amended petition of defendant in error. This raises the question as to whether in this Territory, the court has power to strike the pleadings of a party from the record, or to refuse a party the right to file pleadings, when such party is in contempt of court for refusal to pay alimony when ordered so to do by the court.
It seems to us that the facts in this case bear a very close analogy to the…
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