Caldwell v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Wapello• District Gourt. — Hon. D. M. ANDERSON, Judge. Suit for divorce resulted in a decree as prayed and awarding the custody of a minor child one-half of the time to each party, alternating every six months. Both parties appeal; that of plaintiff being first perfected. —
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J. —
1. Divorce: inhuman treatment: evidence. I. The parties hereto were married May 21, 1898; she being eighteen and he twenty-nine years of age. Their only child, Willie, was born May 5, 1902. The husband left for Arkansas with . the assurance that he was done with her and would live with her no longer October 12, 1906. She now makes her home with her mother and two *193sisters in Ottumwa. He bas a room and boards in Tueumeari, N. M. In the morning of the second day previous to his departure, he knocked his wife down with his fist, jammed her head against the refrigerator, choked her, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Aitchison v. AitchisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Cole v. ColeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
- Smith v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- People ex rel. Sinclair v. SinclairAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
3Cited by6 opinions
- Maron v. MaronSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Stillmunkes Ex Rel. Stillmunkes v. StillmunkesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
- Kirkpatrick v. KirkpatrickIdaho Supreme Court · 1932
- Bell Ex Rel. Bell v. BellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
- Farrell v. FarrellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
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