Detert v. Detert

Otto F. Detert and Mary F. Detert were married on the 18th day of February, 1939, at St. Ignatius, Montana. Both of them had been married before. At the time of their marriage the husband was some sixty years of age, and Mary F. Detert was about forty years old. Each of them had children by their prior marriages. At the time of their marriage, Mrs. Detert was operating a restaurant in the town of St. Ignatius. The husband, the plaintiff in the action below, owned a farm in Lake county, another farm in Minnesota and other property. After their marriage a house and lots were acquired in the…