Wallis v. Wallis

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit for alimony without divorce. The parties had been married about fifty years. The wife was sixty-nine years.old and the husband about seventy-two. They had farmed all of their married life, had acquired a farm of three hundred and forty acres in his name, with about five or six mule farm. For several years no profit had been made on it. The land was assessed at $1,220 and a small amount of livestock and farm equipment. But he had about $4,000 in cash, which he withdrew from the bank. No debts are shown. They had reared five children to maturity: all were married…