Schnitzer v. Buerger

Defendant seeks to modify a final decree of divorce by reducing what is said to be the amount of alimony made payable by defendant by that judgment, lest he later be held in contempt of court for its violation. He asserts such a change in his fortunes as to make it impossible for him to meet the payments which he had contracted to make in an agreement referred to in the final judgment of divorce. This claim of financial distress is denied by *623plaintiff. By the order appealed from, the Special Term has referred that dispute to a referee who is to take the evidence and report thereon to the…