Stott v. Lamb

The question involved in this appeal is: Can alimony, awarded a wife in a divorce action against her husband, be Subjected to the payment of a debt contracted by the wife for her support pending the divorce action?

Appellant obtained a divorce from her husband and in the decree was awarded alimony in the sum of $4,000. Pending the divorce action, she rented a house from Arthur H. Lamb, defendant in error, in which she lived until she obtained her divorce. Defendant in error had no knowledge of the divorce proceeding at the time the rental contract was entered into. After ascertaining that the…