Legal Opinion

Dunham v. Dunham

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided July 6, 1920PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Jambs Willett, Judge. Action in equity by plaintiff Minnie Rankin Dunham, the divorced wife of defendant, C. A. Dunham, and by the two children of the parties, to construe and modify, to fix specific amounts for the support of the minors during minority, and the college education for them, under the alleged contractual decree of divorce,, the provisions of which were not specific in these respects, and which plaintiffs allege defendant…

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Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Jambs Willett, Judge. Action in equity by plaintiff Minnie Rankin Dunham, the divorced wife of defendant, C. A. Dunham, and by the two children of the parties, to construe and modify, to fix specific amounts for the support of the minors during minority, and the college education for them, under the alleged contractual decree of divorce,, the provisions of which were not specific in these respects, and which plaintiffs allege defendant had refused to perform; also to recover certain moneys alleged to have been paid by the plaintiff Minnie R. Dunham,…

1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.

^ eonstruction uai degree*" 1. The plaintiff! Minnie R. Dunham and defendant, C. A. Dunham, were married-Tune 22, 1898, and lived together as husband and wife until about January 1, 1912. It is claimed, and the record shows, that, January, 1912, the defendant dese:rte<l his wife. The plaintiff also claims that, according to the record,, defendant was guilty of cruel treatment towards his Avife. Plaintiff also claims that another woman, defendant’s present Avife, was the cause of the desertion, and, in argument and in the pleadings, seeks, by inferences from some of the circumstances shoAvn,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Delbridge v. SearsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  2. Stone v. BayleyWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Goshen Manufacturing Co. v. Hubert A. Myers Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. Schooley v. SchooleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  5. Matson v. MatsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Rosenthal v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
  2. Whittier v. WhittierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1946
  3. Jameson v. JamesonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Addy v. AddySupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
  5. Worthington v. WorthingtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944

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