Hall v. Hall
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Hugh Brennan, Judge. Suit for divorce on the ground of cruelty. There was a decree of divorce, and judgment against defendant for $1,000 alimony and $600 additional attorney’s fees. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
The marriage ceremony between these parties was performed May 14, 1906. In one of plaintiff’s daily letters to defendant shortly before the ceremony plaintiff concluded: “Yours till death do us part, Georgia.” This was after the engagement had been broken a few times and renewed. Since the marriage both parties seem, to have interpreted their marriage vows that they would take each other for better or worse, until death, to mean that they would do so for better, and if it turned out worse, then it would be until one or the other should obtain a divorce. There are no children; they discussed…
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