Van Dommelen v. Van Dommelen

Plaintiff appeals from a decree of divorce granted defendant on her cross-bill charging extreme cruelty and nonsupport, his especial grievance against said decree being an award to her of $1,000 permanent alimony payable in weekly instalments. The case was heard in the superior court of Grand Rapids upon pleadings and proofs taken in open court on August 23, 1921, at which time both parties testified to being 19 years of age. Plaintiff was then living at the home of his parents and, as he testified, without money, property, trade, employment or income. Defendant was then living at the home of…