Lass v. Lass

On July 25, 1924, plaintiff, Sophia Lass, procured a divorce from her husband, Fritz Lass, on the ground of desertion and nonsupport, which she alleged had continued for more than one year prior to that date. They had then been married 33 years, plaintiff was 52 years of age, her husband 61, and they had a family of five grown children, three sons — Fred 26 years of age, Louis 24, and Thorwald 1-8 — and two married daughters both older than the boys. During practically all of their married life they lived in Vermillion where Fritz Lass carried on á bakery and restaurant business. For several…