Legal Opinion

Boles v. Boles

Montana Supreme Court

Decided June 27, 1921No. 4,390PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeals from District Court, Hill County, in the Eighteenth Judicial District; T. A. Thompson, Judge of the Eleventh District, presiding. Action for divorce, by Eleanor Marie Boles against Charles Boles. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying her motion for new trial she appeals.

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Appeals from District Court, Hill County, in the Eighteenth Judicial District; T. A. Thompson, Judge of the Eleventh District, presiding. Action for divorce, by Eleanor Marie Boles against Charles Boles. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying her motion for new trial she appeals. It is manifest that when making the award of $50 per month as permanent alimony, the court failed to heed the admonition of section 3679, Revised Codes, and entirely failed to take into consideration the “circumstances of the parties respectively.” The court found that the plaintiff has no separate…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Galen

Judgment of divorce was entered in favor of the plaintiff upon the ground of extreme cruelty by the district eourt of Hill county. Thereby the plaintiff was allowed $50 per month as permanent alimony, and the defendant was awarded the care, custody and control of the children, born as the issue of the marriage, namely: Yesta Marie, aged thirteen years; Jack McCloskey, aged ten years; and Eleanor Usilla, aged eight years; and also Charles Arthur, a legally adopted child, one and one-half years old. The appeal is from the judgment and the order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

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  4. Welch v. WelchWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Lyle v. LyleTennessee Supreme Court · 1888

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