Westphalen v. Westphalen

In this case the appellee, hereinafter called the plaintiff, instituted a suit against appellant, hereinafter called defendant, praying that he be granted a divorce from the defendant, his petition being in usual form. The defendant answered admitting the marriage and other preliminary facts necessary to be pleaded in such suit, and interposed a cross-petition in which, after setting forth necessary facts, she prayed that she be granted a divorce from plaintiff, suit money, attorney fees, and alimony. After the issues were joined, the suit was tried, and decree of divorce granted plaintiff,…