Galloway v. Galloway

PEDERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying relief from a judgment entered pursuant to a stipulation (Rule 60(b)(6), NDRCivP). The case graphically illustrates that alcohol addiction can result in family heartbreaks and economic waste and hardship. Con sidering alcoholism a disease, efforts at faultfinding are counterproductive. Betty Mae Galloway is apparently an alcoholic, but it is unnecessary for our determination of the legal question raised to include any further comprehensive recitation of the depressing details involved in this case.

The stipulation dated August 22, 1978,…