Goodman v. Goodman

This appeal is prosecuted by the defendant from a decree granting a divorce to his wife.

The plaintiff, Helen J. Goodman, and the defendant, Samuel Goodman, were married at Vancouver, Washington, April 20, 1937. Mrs. Goodman was then past 70 years of age and Mr. Goodman was 66 years old. They had met for the first time in November of the preceding year at a health resort on the coast, where each had gone for curative baths. Both parties had previously been married.

At the time of their marriage the plaintiff was the owner of a piece of property on which were a filling station, cabins and camp…