Carnahan v. Carnahan
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Clair; Law, J. Bill by Minnie Carnahan against Nelson F. Carnahan for a divorce, in which a decree was entered for complainant, but requiring the payment of a certain fund to defendant : On petition of defendant and- Charles E. Ormsby, trustee in bankruptcy of defendant, complainant was found guilty of contempt in refusing to make said payment, and she appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The complainant, a woman, was found guilty of a contempt for not paying certain moneys in accordance with a final decree in a divorce case, and- has appealed from an order that she pay the sum of $666.60 to Ormsby, trustee, and that, in default of such payment, she be, and remain, imprisoned in the common jail, until *393she shall have performed the requirements of the order, or until the further order of the court.
A history of the proceedings is as follows: On August 27, 1904, Nelson E. Carnahan filed a bill for divorce against his wife, Minnie Carnahan, the appellant. It prayed that certain…
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