Pentek v. Pentek

The litigants are husband and wife. They are living in a state of separation. The bill is by the husband for a partition of the matrimonial domicile now occupied by the wife and her children by a former marriage. The husband holds a one-third, the wife a two-thirds, interest. When they obtained a marriage license in 1927, both were well past middle life. The defendant was a widow with four grown children, and, without the benefit of clergy, complainant joined them as head of the household. The two built a store and dwelling on two lots, previously purchased by the defendant, to be used for…