Ward v. Ward

The parties to this action were married in Seattle, October 19, 1941. They were both nineteen years of age, had attended Garfield high school, and had gone together for over a year before the marriage. He is colored; she is white. Two children, Karren and Susan, age six-and-one-half and five-and-one-half years respectively, were born, the issue of this marriage. Both children are colored.

The husband commenced this action for divorce, alleging that the wife was not a fit person to have the custody of the children, in that she associated with other men, and was given to the excessive use of…