Kessler v. Kessler

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

On February 19, 1947, Arthur L. Kessler, plaintiff (appellant), was granted a divorce from Catherine Kessler, defendant (appellee), by reason of her incurable insanity (G. S. 1945 Supp., 60-1501, Eleventh. Defendant, at the time of the divorce decree, was, and had been for more than five years, an inmate of Larned state hospital, a state institution for the insane. In the decree, the plaintiff husband was given all the real and personal property of the parties, consisting of a substantial amount of land and other property, and was ordered to…