Lewis v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Alimony. Attachment. Practice in superior court. - Constitutional law. Before Judge Kibbee. Pulaski supe■rior court. November term, 1887. ’Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
This was an attachment for contempt, granted upon the: motion of the wife, against the husband (the plaintiff in error), because of his failure to comply with a final decree in her favor for alimony. The plaintiff in error contends that the court below had no power to attach him for con-, tempt upon this ground; that this was a decree for money, : and was a final disposition of the case, and that its enforcement by attachment for contempt would be equivalent to 'imprisonment for debt, and therefore contrary to the constitution and laws of this State. .
We are of the opinion…
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