Dorothy Margaret Catherine Hulme-King v Henry Peter Christopher de Silva     Divorce – Compromise – Withdrawal of opposition to application for decree absolute.
A husband, the respondent, obtained a decree nisi for divorce from his wife, the appellant.
There being nothing in law or in practice in Ceylon to prevent an application for a decree
absolute being made by the guilty spouse, the appellant duly made an application which was
opposed by the respondent. The appellant then agreed to pay to the respondent a monthly
allowance in consideration, inter alia, of the withdrawal of his opposition to the appellant’s
application. The appellant defaulted in payment of the allowance, and the respondent brought
an action to recover the amount due:—