Mitchell v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahasha District Court. — Charles A. Dewey, Judge. Action for divorce. The defendant filed a cross-petition. The trial court dismissed the defendant’s cross-petition and granted the plaintiff a divorce, and awarded the defendant alimony and attorneys’ fees. The plaintiff appeals from the decree, in so far as the same awards alimony to the defendant. The defendant files a cross-appeal.
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Appeal from Mahasha District Court. — Charles A. Dewey, Judge. Action for divorce. The defendant filed a cross-petition. The trial court dismissed the defendant’s cross-petition and granted the plaintiff a divorce, and awarded the defendant alimony and attorneys’ fees. The plaintiff appeals from the decree, in so far as the same awards alimony to the defendant. The defendant files a cross-appeal. Plaintiff, having perfected his appeal first, will be referred to hereafter as the ‘ ‘ appellant, and the defendant, as the “appellee.” —
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
„ ^ o£0domieiiehaSae desertion. — The appellant filed his petition for divorce on the ground of desertion. The appellee filed a cross-petition, praying for a divorce from appellant on the ground of desertion, cruel and' inhuman treatment, and adul^ery. The court granted a divorce to the appellant, and dismissed the appellee’s cross-petition, and by decree awarded alimony to the appellee in the sum of $7,500, expenses in the sum of $288, and attorneys’ fees in the sum of $1,000. Appellant appeals from so much of the decree as awards alimony to the appellee. Appellee contends that she should…
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