127 Wis. 371 | Wis. | 1906
It is argued that the court had no power to modify the original judgment, which provided that the
It is insisted that, in view of the provisions of the order modifying the judgment, the court erred in its adjudication that defendant was guilty of contempt in his omission to pay the sums directed, because the allowance so made for the support of the children is specifically declared to be a lien upon defendant’s real estate, and payment could therefore be enforced under an execution. It is also claimed that, whenever this remedy exists, contempt proceedings are 'not permissible to compel enforcement of the court’s orders.
We are of opinion that all the considerations submitted by the appellant against the validity of the order in the contempt proceedings are fully covered in the case of Staples v. Staples, 87 Wis. 592, 58 N. W. 1036, and that the order appealed from was properly made and is ruled by the decision in that case.
By the Court. — The order appealed from is affirmed.