Magruder v. Magruder

209 N.W.2d 585 (1973)

190 Neb. 573

Lyell Mitchell MAGRUDER, Appellee-Cross-Appellant,

v.

Patsy L. MAGRUDER, Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

No. 38852.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 27, 1973.

Crites, Shaffer & Slavik, Chadron, for appellant.

Michael V. Smith, Gordon, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, NEWTON and CLINTON, JJ.

CLINTON, Justice.

This action commenced as one by the plaintiff husband for divorce. Previous to trial on the merits, L.B. 820, Laws 1972, p. 246, was enacted and the action proceeded as one for dissolution of the marriage under that act on the…