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157 Ga. 899

Duke v. Duke

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 16, 1924

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1924-04-16

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently May 1940

3 state decisions

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Decided 1924-04-16

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Atkinson, J.

¶1Under the pleadings and the evidence the judge was authorized to find that the defendant was in arrears in the payment of alimony and had not made any bona fide attempt to pay the amount awarded against' him, and consequently to adjudge him in contempt of court. The judgment ordering the defendant to be incarcerated in the common jail of the county until the further order of the court, unless he should within thirty days pay the amount of alimony due the plaintiff, was authorized by the evidence.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Bill, J., dissenting.II. M. Fletcher, for plaintiff in error.C. L. Redman, contra.
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