Mathews v. Mathews

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Tulsa county, entered in a divorce action under which the wife was allowed a sum in gross payable in installments as permanent alimony by the husband, who had no property, upon consideration of the husband's future prospects as to earning capacity and acquisition of property. The principal question is whether such a judgment can be rendered in view of section 672, O. S. 1931 (12 Okla. St. Ann. § 1278), which provides:

"When a divorce shall be granted by reason of the fault or aggression of the husband, the wife shall be restored to her…