In re Lachemeyer

CIIOATE, District .Tudge.

This is a motion to vacate a stay of proceedings on the part of the bankrupt’s divorced wife for the enforcement of a decree for alimony. Upon decree of divorce on the ground of adultery, pronounced several years before the commencement of proceedings in bankruptcy, alimony was decreed to the wife at the rate of fifty dollars a week during her natural life. The decree contained a provision allowing either party to apply to the court for a modification of the decree upon the happening of any event materially changing the circumstances of the parties. There is a large…