PAINE v. PAINE

No. 3856.

287 P.2d 716 (1955)

Augustus Gibson PAINE, Appellant, v. Cynthia Howe PAINE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada

September 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Cashill, Summerfield & Heward, Reno, for Appellant.

Woodburn, Forman, Wedge, Blakey & Thompson, of Reno, Jackson, Nash, Brophy, Barringer & Brooks, New York City, for Respondent.


EATHER, Justice.

This is an appeal from order of the trial court granting a motion for modification of a divorce decree to provide increased support of the minor children of the parties.

The question is whether in the light of an agreement between the parties the court's order of modification was a proper exercise of discretion. In our view it was not.

The parties were divorced in this state in October, 1952. The decree provided that an agreement between...

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