Stauffer v. Stauffer

RUARK, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for separate maintenance. The only question involved is the amount of the award.

Plaintiff and defendant were married' February 5, 1917, and were separated in June 1950. Their thirty-three years together make an American saga of hard' work, frugality, and accumulation. Plaintiff is of French extraction. Defendant is of Swiss descent. Apparently they had little of the world’s goods to begin with. They both worked hard. Plaintiff worked as a busy farm wife both indoors and out. She helped clear some of the land they were to farm. As the couple…