Martin v. Martin

This is an appeal by William Hosea Martin from an order holding him in contempt and sentencing him to six months on the State road force for his failure to comply with the provisions of a divorce decree confirming a “property setdement contract or agreement” between Martin and his former wife, Iris Louise Martin, which agreement was incorporated by reference and made a part of the court’s decree.

Martin contends that the divorce decree was not one for the payment of alimony because it merely confirmed and approved the contract between the parties and did not order him to perform any of the…