Sherwood v. Sherwood
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall Circwit Oowrt. In July, 1874, the plaintiff brought this action for a divorce, on the ground of the alleged adultery of the defendant. She also claimed alimony and the custody of their only child, a boy of the age of seven years. The defendant, by answer, denied the fact of adultery, and also controverted the allegations of the amount and value of his property, alleged by the plaintiff as the basis of her claim for alimony.
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Appeal from Marshall Circwit Oowrt. In July, 1874, the plaintiff brought this action for a divorce, on the ground of the alleged adultery of the defendant. She also claimed alimony and the custody of their only child, a boy of the age of seven years. The defendant, by answer, denied the fact of adultery, and also controverted the allegations of the amount and value of his property, alleged by the plaintiff as the basis of her claim for alimony. The plaintiff demanded a trial by jury, which the court refused, and thereupon the cause was tried to the court, and resulted in a judgment for the…
1Opinion
ON REHEARING.
Beck, J.
A rehearing in this cause was granted and it has again been submitted upon arguments in addition to those first filed. After proper consideration of all that has been said by counsel, and such examination of the questions as, in our judgment, they demand, we are united in the opinion that the conclusions reached by us upon the first argument, as above announced, are correct. As supplemental to that opinion we will proceed to state briefly certain propositions based upon the statutes which, we think, cannot be disputed.
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