Hupp v. Hupp and Warren

On March 29, 1945, Melvin Hupp filed a petition for divorce in the circuit court of Butler County, Missouri. On April 7, his wife, Beulah Hupp, filed her answer and cross-bill. We will refer to them as plaintiff and defendant. On June 15, the defendant withdrew her cross-bill but not her answer, which was in the nature of a general denial, whereupon the case went to trial. Plaintiff testified that he married defendant (whose maiden name was Buelah Beatrice Warren), October 8, 1938 at Benton, Missouri, and lived with her approximately four' months. They were living in a one-room house which…