Dallman v. Dallman

HANSON, J. pro tem. *

This is a controversy over alimony allowed by the court in a divorce suit in which the husband was the plaintiff and the wife the cross-complainant. After 28 years of married life when the two children of the parties had attained their majority, the husband and father filed his action for divorce alleging as grounds desertion and extreme cruelty. The wife by her cross-complaint sought a divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty.

Approximately a year thereafter was spent by the parties, their counsel, and accountants in the examination of books and records and negotiations…