Girdey v. Girdey

The-plaintiff, a farmer, resided for many years in Webster county, Iowa, where he was the owner of a 320 acre farm. His wife died in the spring of 1925, leaving him with one child, a daughter. He afterwards made several visits to California and on March 8, 1927, he married the defendant. They lived together over a year in defendant’s home in Long Beach, California. They had domestic trouble, followed by a reconciliation, but on November 1, 1928, plaintiff finally left defendant and returned to Iowa and made his home with his sister in the city oj! Des Moines. On January 11, 1930, plaintiff…