MORTON v. MORTON


448 S.W.2d 69 (1969)

Clura Gertrude Ballentine MORTON v. Thomas Veasy MORTON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.C. Rodgers, Memphis, for appellant.

William M. Walsh, Memphis, amicus curiae.


OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

Before this Court is an appeal by the attorney for the complainant in a divorce suit from a decree which adjudged him to be in contempt.

The facts, briefly, are these: the complainant obtained from the defendant a decree of absolute divorce with an award of alimony of $40.00 a week on March 2, 1965. She caused numerous garnishments to issue and to be executed for the collection of her alimony until, on December 15, 1967...

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