Englund v. Englund

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment and amended judgment awarding plaintiff $11,000 in a divorce action.

On November 10, 1962, plaintiff, Ruth D. Englund, and defendant, Philip J. Englund, were married. Ruth was 42 at this time and Philip was 48. It was Ruth’s second marriage and Philip’s third. Ruth had three children by her first marriage, and Philip had four by prior marriages.

Before the marriage Ruth had a home in Aberdeen, South Dakota, subject in 1964 to a $6,137 mortgage. The home was later sold for $22,000. She also had a vendor’s interest in a contract of sale of her…