Searcy v. Searcy

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a divorce case.

*1135The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court’s division of property was an abuse of discretion so as to require reversal. The wife, through able counsel, contends there was such abuse. We cannot agree and affirm.

The record reveals that the parties were married in 1954. Their marriage was not what one would describe as a harmonious relationship. A decree of divorce was entered in June of 1976. Both parties worked for virtually the entire marriage. The wife was employed by a mill and earned approximately $7,000 a year. The husband farmed and ran a…