Sparling v. Sparling

An interlocutory decree of divorce was granted in favor of the respondent, directing that the petitioner pay forthwith a specified amount of money, alimony each month thereafter, and attorney’s fees, from which decree the petitioner appealed on December 22, 1927, and filed an undertaking in the sum of $8,800, as fixed by the trial court, to stay execution. On February 8, 1928, pursuant to an order to show cause why the petitioner should not pay the alimony formerly orderedj or be held in contempt of court, and also $200 per month pending appeal, and attorneys’ fees for services in connection…