Semrow v. Semrow
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for : Sibley county, Macdonald, J., presiding. Judgment of di-vorce between the parties and for permanent alimony to the plaintiff had been rendered, and the permanent alimony paid, and the judgment therefor satisfied, before the order ■ appealed from was applied for.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for : Sibley county, Macdonald, J., presiding. Judgment of di-vorce between the parties and for permanent alimony to the plaintiff had been rendered, and the permanent alimony paid, and the judgment therefor satisfied, before the order ■ appealed from was applied for. That order declared the defendant in contempt for disobedience of an order made before judgment, for the payment of alimony to the plaintiff, pendente lite, and required him to pay the arrears of such alimony, with costs of the motion, by a day named, and to be -committed…
1Opinion of the Court
Cornell, J.*
The order which is the subject of this appeal was granted upon an order to show cause why defendant ought not to be punished as for a contempt of court, for refusing obedience to a previous order made in the action, requiring him to pay to plaintiff a certain sum therein named .as temporary alimony. In substance and effect, it adjudges him guilty of the contempt charged, and further directs, as punishment therefor, that a warrant shall be issued for his arrest and commitment for the time mentioned therein, unless he pays the amount of such alimony awarded, with interest from the…
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