Simpson v. Simpson

Plaintiff, then approximately 34, and defendant, 46 years old, were married March 8, 1947, in Kansas City, Kansas. It was defendant’s first marriage but plaintiff had apparently had considerable marital experience with three former husbands and numerous divorces and remarriages.

Plaintiff had and has but one child, a married daughter by a former marriage. This daughter, who worked in the railroad office in Little Rock, Arkansas, introduced her mother to defendant.

Defendant is an employee of the Rock Island Railroad Company in the engineering department. After their marriage the parties soon…