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Garrett v. GarrettGarrett v. Garrett

Supreme Court of Georgia
Aug 15, 1932
No. 8789
Reporters:
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Before:
Atkinson
Atkinson, J.

Where a defendant was adjudged in contempt for failure to pay temporary ‍‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍alimony and attorney’s fees, to which order no exception was taken; and where he was set at liberty until further order of the court, as ‍‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍a result of having been put into involuntary bankruptcy; and where contempt proceedings were again filed against him, to which he answered under oath, alleging inability ‍‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍to pay alimony, and contending that the original order was improvidently granted and should be modified, the trial judge was authorized to find that no ‍‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍bona, fide attempt had been made to comply with the order of the court, and to adjudge the defendant in contempt. Duke v. Duke, 157 Ga. 899 (122 S. E. 685); Andrews v. Andrews, 169 Ga. 97 ‍‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍(149 S. E. 870).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. Harris & McMaster, for plaintiff in error. J. D. Godfrey, contra.

Case Details

Case Name: Garrett v. Garrett
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Aug 15, 1932
Citations: 175 Ga. 455; 165 S.E. 230; 1932 Ga. LEXIS 269; No. 8789
Docket Number: No. 8789
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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