Thones v. Thones

The sole question for determination on this appeal is whether a foreign judgment for alimony which the husband has not paid after becoming due is enforceable in this state by contempt proceedings to the same extent as if such judgment had been originally rendered in this state, or whether such accrued unpaid alimony will in this state be treated merely as a debt collectible solely by execution when reduced to a money judgment.

The question is conceded to be one of first impression in this court, and arises upon the following facts: In 1933 the Superior Court of Fulton County, G-eorgia, which…