Lawson v. Lawson

DAVISON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff in the trial court, Ruth Lawson, from .that part of a divorce decree wherein the court made a division of the property jointly acquired by her and by the defendant, W. B. Lawson, her husband, during their married life. The parties will be referred to in the same order as they there appeared.

The parties were married on April 17, 1945, and lived together as man and wife until the filing of the petition, herein; on August 1, 1953. Both were industrious and economical persons with better than average business ability. At the trial, the evidence…