Allen v. Allen

The question is whether the allowance of $60 per month alimony is proper under the facts of this case.

These parties, starting with practically nothing at the age of seventeen, accumulated in their twenty-eight years of married life an estate of more than $35,000. Although it was derived entirely from the husband’s earnings, it must be considered that the wife aided substantially in the accumulation of that estate, and the award of 40 per cent to her in the property division appears to us to be fair and equitable.

Of her share she has about $12,000 which may be invested to produce an income.…