Griffin v. Griffin
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of Salt Lake county, Hon. Ogden Hiles, Judge. . Action by plaintiff against defendant for divorce. Defendant answered and cross-complained. From a judgment granting defendant a divorce on one ground in tÜie complaint and awarding her certain alimony. Defendant appeals. That the allowance of alimony is grossly disproportionate under the facts in this case, see: 2d Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from the district court of Salt Lake county, Hon. Ogden Hiles, Judge. . Action by plaintiff against defendant for divorce. Defendant answered and cross-complained. From a judgment granting defendant a divorce on one ground in tÜie complaint and awarding her certain alimony. Defendant appeals. That the allowance of alimony is grossly disproportionate under the facts in this case, see: 2d Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law, 2d ed., 120-125; 2d Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, Secs. 1028-1037. Under the evidence the sole care, custody and control of the child should have been given to the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam. •
The fact' that the plaintiff, a married man, met Miss Berkman, who was a stranger to him, on a railway train and went to Los Angeles with her and afterwards followed her to Passadena, and there called on her several times, how many does not appear, took her out driving in a carriage and also on horseback, and that she was at the railway station at the former city to bid him good bye when he started home is very unusual conduct for a well-meaning married man, and especially so when the strange woman has been divorced from her husband, and is young and attractive. Such conduct…
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