Thompson v. Thompson

In 1929 a woman by next friend filed her petition seeking an attachment for contempt of court by failure to pay alimony in accordance with a decree rendered in 1909, awarding to the petitioner $15 a month during her life or widowhood. It was alleged that no alimony had been paid since 1925, and that the sum of $780 was due. In response to the rule nisi the defendant set up that the decree for alimony was based on a second verdict awarding the respondent a total divorce in 1909, and in so far as it related to alimony the verdict was ineffective because it was not authorized by the pleadings;…