Whitman v. Whitman

Plaintiff filed a suit for divorce and charged that defendant was guilty of extreme cruelty. Defendant filed an answer denying such charges. Upon a hearing a decree was entered granting plaintiff a divorce. The decree also pro-* vided that defendant have the custody of their minor adopted child; and awarded the defendant certain property and a monthly allowance for the support of defendant and the adopted child. Defendant appeals.

The record in this cause shows that the parties were married in Marquette, Michigan, in 1911; and that when they were first married, plaintiff was a stenographer and…