Eddy v. Eddy

The parties to this suit were divorced in June, 1929. The decree followed an agreement of the parties and ordered defendant to assign to plaintiff a policy of insurance and pay her $105 per month as long as she remained unmarried, and recited the provision to be in lieu of dower. Defendant was and is now an officer in the U. S. army, has remarried, has a wife and baby to support, and, in October, 1932, he filed a petition to have the monthly allowance reduced on account of his inability to pay by reason of reduction in salary,;., new family obligations, and debts. The court reduced the…