Brannen v. Brannen

Plaintiff, Edna Brannen, and defendant, Paul Brannen, were married in August 1927. Their home was in Des Moines. They separated in December 1944. This action for divorce, commenced in January 1945, was tried the following June. The decree granted plaintiff a. divorce, custody of the children (a girl seventeen, a boy fourteen, and a girl eight), and alimony. Defendant’s first contention here is that the evidence is insufficient to prove he was “guilty of such inhuman treatment as to endanger the life of his wife.” (See section 10475, Code, 1939.)

I. In cases of this kind the findings of the…