Mogford v. Mogford

OPINION

ESQUIVEL, Justice.

This is an appeal of a divorce case in which a cause of action for personal injuries was joined in the trial court. No appeal is taken from that part of the judgment granting the divorce. To our knowledge, it is a case of first impression in this state.

Appellee, Dorothy Mogford, the wife of appellant, Lorenzo Mogford, for thirty-one years, sued for divorce in the district court. At the time of the divorce there were no minor children of the marriage. By her Second Amended Original Petition, appellee joined a cause of action for personal injuries arising out of willful…