ALEXANDER v. ALEXANDER

Messrs. J.B. Atkinson, Bomar Osborne for appellant, cite: Court of Equity may modify the provisions of decree as to alimony: 120 Md., 584; 154 Md., 675; 152 Md., 49. Support of children and alimony may be modified: 157 Md., 166; 158 Md., 109. Attorney's fees never allowed except on special contracts: 96 S.C. 357. Right to alimony not vested right but subject to power of Courts to modify: 181 U.S. 183; 45 L.Ed., 810. Messrs. F.B. Gary, Jr., J.D. Kerr, Jr., and R.W. Baldwin, Jr., for respondent, cite: One state is bound by alimony decree of another state as to installments already accrued: 218 U.S. 1; 52 Md., 50; 47 App. D.C., 384; 86 N.J.L., 69; 19 C.J., 364. Reduction of alimony can only apply to future installments: 145 Md., 340; 120 Md., 584; 13 App. D.C., 334. Judgment cannot be attacked collaterally except for lack of jurisdiction or fraud: 122 S.C. 323; 144 S.C. 83. Maintenance and alimony synonymous: 187 Pac., 609; 37 Idaho, 597. Fee for wife's attorney should be paid by husband in case for alimony: 158 Md., 204; 138 Md., 97; 1 R.C.L., 914; 99 Ill., 196; 123 Ill. App. 553.