Messer v. Messer

Kelly, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying defendant’s motion for a new trial in a divorce action and from the judgment entered. Defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in the amount of alimony and attorney’s fees awarded, the division of property acquired during coverture, and its rulings and orders on the admission of evidence.

It appears from the record that at the time the action was tried, both the husband, Melvin W. Messer, and the wife, Marian C. Messer, were 45 years of age. They had been married 23 years and had three children — two sons,…