Biegalke v. Biegalke

This is an appeal from the property division contained in a decree of divorce granted to both parties in the district court, Custer County.

Plaintiff is now 55 years of age. As a young man before his marriage and upon the death of his father, he took over and operated the family farm near Havre, Montana. He has spent his entire adult life up to this time operating farms and ranches.

Defendant is approximately the same age as plaintiff- and has the same life style background.

The parties were married in 1948. They resided on the Havre farm until 1951, when they purchased the present farm-ranch…