MASON v. BRITTINGHAM

No. 16236.

237 F.2d 305 (1956)

Harold J. MASON, Appellant, v. Doris Pearl BRITTINGHAM, also known as Doris Pearl Mason, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman E. Moon, Edward W. McDonald, McDonald & Moon, Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.

Marvin Cherner, Louis Fleisher, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

On November 4, 1940, the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia rendered a decree of divorce between the present parties, providing in part:

"Custody of child, Harold Eugene Mason, is hereby granted to petitioner, Doris Pearl Mason, and Five ($5.00) Dollars per week is hereby granted to Petitioner for the support and maintenance of the child, Harold Eugene Mason."

This action was brought for the recovery of the accrued weekly...

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