Bowers v. Bowers
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Weston Court of Common Pleas. This was a petition for divorce and alimony, filed by Mary A. Bowers against Samuel C. Bowers. The plaintiff obtained a decree, and the defendant appeals. The facts found by the court below are sufficiently stated in the opinion- of the court.. 1. The finding of the court below was not supported by the evidence. 2. The finding does not support the decree.
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Appeal from Weston Court of Common Pleas. This was a petition for divorce and alimony, filed by Mary A. Bowers against Samuel C. Bowers. The plaintiff obtained a decree, and the defendant appeals. The facts found by the court below are sufficiently stated in the opinion- of the court.. 1. The finding of the court below was not supported by the evidence. 2. The finding does not support the decree. No fact was found which entitled plaintiff to a divorce. 3. The court erred in allowing plaintiff a gross sum, out of the defendant’s estate, instead of allowing her a share of his income. Miller v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
In this case, the' petitioner seeks a divorce from her husband.. The cause of the divorce stated in the petition is intended to be brought under the clause of the statute which allows a divorce to be granted, when “ either party shall offer such indignities to the other as shall render his or her condition intolerable.” The trial was before the court, and there is a finding of the facts upon which a divorce was granted, and the defendant appealed.
1. The finding of the court, in that part of it which relates to the question, whether such indignities were offered by the defendant to the…
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