Gregg v. Gregg

This was a suit in chancery, instituted by Myrilla Gregg against Thomas D. Gregg and others. It is alleged in the bill that the complainant was divorced from the said Thomas D. Gregg, by a decree of the Marion Circuit Court, in 1847, and that, by the terms of the decree, she was to be paid the sum of 250 dollars per annum, for ten years only, as alimony, for the support of herself and an infant daughter, then about seven years old. The complainant states that that sum is inadequate to her support, and prays for an increased allowance.

We are of opinion that if this case is one in which the…