Haas v. Haas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Benjamin Haas, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of March, 1921, adjudging the defendant guilty of contempt of court.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
This appeal is by the defendant from an order adjudging him in contempt of court for failing to pay an allowance of $4 a week provided by the judgment herein for the support and education of the infant daughter of the parties, and also by reason of the failure of the defendant to bear the expense of medical and surgical treatment of said daughter while ill. The court in the order adjudging the defendant guilty of contempt for a willful and deliberate violation of said decree imposed a fine of $704, that being the amount of defendant’s default in said payments for the support,…
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