Nelson v. Nelson

BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

In 1958 appellant obtained a divorce from appellee in the State of Illinois. Under this decree the Illinois Court ordered appellee to pay household bills and joint obligations of the parties existing at the date of the decree, and to save appellant harmless in the event she should be required to pay these obligations. Appellant did indeed pay these obligations, and in 1960, she obtained an order from the Illinois court which directed appellee to pay his former wife the sum of $4,933.88 which she had expended for such bills. Thereafter appellant commenced an action…