Ashburn v. Ashburn

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an amendment to the decree of divorce which she obtained from defendant whereby permanent alimony decreed to her was reduced from $25 per week to $17.50 per week.

After these parties had married and lived together 20 years they separated; and plaintiff in May, 1947,. obtained a decree of divorce on the grounds of adultery and extreme cruelty. There were no children. The decree provided defendant should not remarry for 2 years after the date of the decree. Aside from the permanent alimony no other property provision in plaintiff’s favor was decreed.

April 5,…