Bradley

This appeal is from an order modifying a final decree of divorce between the parties hereto in so far as the provisions of said decree undertook to provide for the future maintenance of the plaintiff and respondent upon this appeal.

By the terms of the original final decree the plaintiff was granted a divorce from the defendant upon the ground of cruelty, and the defendant was directed to pay to the plaintiff the sum of one hundred dollars per month so long as she remained unmarried, and was further directed to give reasonable security for the payment of said sum. The decree recited that the defendant had, by virtue of the interlocutory decree, furnished a bond in the sum of four thousand dollars as and for such security, and said bond was by the final decree to remain in full force and effect. This decree was entered on October 7, 1915. On November 24, 1916, the defendant moved the court for an order modifying said final decree by the elimination therefrom of its provision respecting the plaintiff’s further maintenance and support. Upon the hearing on said motion affidavits and counter-affidavits and also oral testimony pro and con were presented by the respective parties, going…