Avery v. Sinclair

SEBRING, J.:

Olivia Williams Avery procured a decree of divorce from R. W. Avery, her husband. The final decree required the husband to pay permanent alimony to the wife in stated sums at designated periods, in accordance with a certain property agreement entered into between the parties and approved and ratified by the court in the final decree. Subsequently, R. W. Avery becoming in arrears in his alimony payments, Oliva Williams Avery caused the issuance of a rule nisi directed to the defendant in the divorce proceedings requiring him to pay said arrearages or show cause for his failure so…