WHITE v. BOWEN

23773.

223 Ga. 94 (1967)

153 S.E.2d 706

WHITE v. BOWEN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 9, 1967.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Houston White, for appellant.

Charles H. Edwards, H. A. Stephens, Jr., Claude E. Hambrick, for appellees.


COOK, Justice.

While many legal questions are made by this appeal, the controlling issue is whether an attorney can enforce the provisions of an alimony decree for attorney's fees by attachment for contempt or by writ of fieri facias against the husband of the attorney's deceased client.

Code § 30-204 provides: "The order allowing alimony shall be subject to revision by the court at any time, and may be enforced either by writ of fieri facias or...

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