Culver
Culver v. Culver
Opinion
Opinion
Nourse, J.
—In a suit for divorce plaintiff had an in terlocutory decree awarding her a divorce and approving a property settlement wherein defendant was obligated to deliver to plaintiff certain personal property and effects. The decree did not settle the dispute between the parties and sometime later the plaintiff cited defendant for contempt for failure to deliver some of the personal property. Upon the hearing the court found that it was impossible for defendant to make certain deliveries and directed him to pay the value of the articles in cash. It also awarded plaintiff additional counsel fees. The property was appraised and payment was tendered but refused by the plaintiff. The court directed plaintiff to enter a satisfaction of the terms of the interlocutory decree relating to the personal property, and vacated the order relating to counsel fees. Later the court denied plaintiff’s motion for additional counsel fees to prosecute her appeals from these orders. The appeal is taken from all these orders.
The respondent has moved for a dismissal of the appeal upon the ground that the record is insufficient. Since the appeal was taken prior to July 1, 1943, the effective date of the new…