Boyle v. Baggs

CROCKETT, Chief Justice.

The question presented on this appeal is whether a divorce decree requiring one to pay support money constitutes a lien against his real property.

Beatrice J. Boyle (now Wynes) obtained a divorce from George A. Boyle, Jr. on March 4, 1948, and was awarded $40 per month for support of their minor child. It, is undisputed that at the time material here there had accrued $987.50 exclusive of interest in unpaid support payments under the decree but there had been no adjudication thereof. On August 4, 1954, defendant George A. Boyle, Jr. purchased certain real property, the…