Twombley v. Twombley

Plaintiff, as the basis of her action, charged cruel and inhuman treatment. Defendant filed a general denial and resistance to the allowance of alimony. Before the trial commenced, defendant admitted that plaintiff was entitled to a divorce and offered no evidence to mitigate or excuse the charges made by the plaintiff. The contest before the trial court turned wholly on property rights.

The decree made the following disposition of the property rights: It awarded to the plaintiff, a certain 80 acres of real estate, the original homestead of the parties, free from encumbrances. It gave…